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De Poolse Bruid
1998
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2007...
2007
Unfinished Sky
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'An illegal refugee and a reclusive farmer fall deeply in love, despite their resistance, recovering their faith in themselves and their trust in humanity.'
Source: New Holland Pictures website: http://www.newhollandpictures.com.au
Sighted: 02/08/2007
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Modern' Cinematic Encounters : Border Crossing and Environmental Transformation in Some Recent Australian Films
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 24 August vol. 5 no. 2 2011; (p. 185-192) 'In Australia (and globally), refugees and 'the environment' are major sources of anxiety that define the experience of living in modern times. Contemporary social policy is then a representational technology that speaks to environmental and crosscultural transactions within 'modern' Australian cinematic texts. This article tracks the conversational contours between policy on climate change and border control in Australia and representations of self-other and self-environment relations in Australian film produced in the latter period of the Howard era (1996-2007). Films have frequently sought to mobilize a range of visions and understandings of both security and sustainability, and of the associated productions of policy, identity and space. Such exchanges necessitate critical scrutiny of the politicized cultural contexts that produce them - and an awareness of the normative reassertions that accompany these cinematic mediations of modern Australian experience.' (Author's abstract)
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Australian Cinema up in the Air : Post-National Identities and Peter Duncan's Unfinished Sky
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 25 no. 4 2011; (p. 547–558) 'This paper examines Peter Duncan's film Unfinished Sky as an example of post-national Australian cinema. Addressing dominant frameworks in Australian film criticism that focus on the concept of the national, the paper argues that the 'national' has in fact been reconfigured in the cinema of the new millennium, placing it within a post-national or regional environment. In several recent Australian films there has been an increased engagement with the region, both in terms of the representation of regional areas outside Australia, such as Asia and the Middle East, as well as demonstrating a growing sense of openness to global influences and connections in remote or regional settings within the country. Addressing these various shifts, the paper questions how relevant is it to continue to define Australian cinema in terms of the 'national', as has long been dominant in Australian film scholarship, when aiming to take into account different races, ethnicities, and identities appearing on screen today. This is especially worth reconsidering since the demise of multiculturalism from the mid to late 1990s as an official cultural policy situated squarely within the framework of the national.' (Author's abstract)
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Meet This Odd Couple
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Limelight , July 2008; (p. 64)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
Aussie Bloke's Exotic Love
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 20 June vol. 18 no. 12 2008;
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV
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Family Ties
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 25 May 2008; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
Tranquil Facade Belies Pulsing Politics
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 June 2008; (p. 29)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
New Release
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 June 2008; (p. 29)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
New Releases
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 June 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
Monsters in All Their Disguises
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 June 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Unfinished Sky 2007 single work film/TV -
Crossing to the Other Side
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 June 2008; (p. 20) -
The Top Dog of Drama
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 June 2008; (p. 6-7) -
Australian Cinema up in the Air : Post-National Identities and Peter Duncan's Unfinished Sky
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 25 no. 4 2011; (p. 547–558) 'This paper examines Peter Duncan's film Unfinished Sky as an example of post-national Australian cinema. Addressing dominant frameworks in Australian film criticism that focus on the concept of the national, the paper argues that the 'national' has in fact been reconfigured in the cinema of the new millennium, placing it within a post-national or regional environment. In several recent Australian films there has been an increased engagement with the region, both in terms of the representation of regional areas outside Australia, such as Asia and the Middle East, as well as demonstrating a growing sense of openness to global influences and connections in remote or regional settings within the country. Addressing these various shifts, the paper questions how relevant is it to continue to define Australian cinema in terms of the 'national', as has long been dominant in Australian film scholarship, when aiming to take into account different races, ethnicities, and identities appearing on screen today. This is especially worth reconsidering since the demise of multiculturalism from the mid to late 1990s as an official cultural policy situated squarely within the framework of the national.' (Author's abstract)
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'Modern' Cinematic Encounters : Border Crossing and Environmental Transformation in Some Recent Australian Films
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 24 August vol. 5 no. 2 2011; (p. 185-192) 'In Australia (and globally), refugees and 'the environment' are major sources of anxiety that define the experience of living in modern times. Contemporary social policy is then a representational technology that speaks to environmental and crosscultural transactions within 'modern' Australian cinematic texts. This article tracks the conversational contours between policy on climate change and border control in Australia and representations of self-other and self-environment relations in Australian film produced in the latter period of the Howard era (1996-2007). Films have frequently sought to mobilize a range of visions and understandings of both security and sustainability, and of the associated productions of policy, identity and space. Such exchanges necessitate critical scrutiny of the politicized cultural contexts that produce them - and an awareness of the normative reassertions that accompany these cinematic mediations of modern Australian experience.' (Author's abstract)
Awards
- 2009 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2009 joint winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Original Screenplay With Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner's The Square.
- 2008 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2008 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
- 2008 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Script
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