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Film Details - Bunya Productions ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2018-2020

Producers:

Ivan Sen, Sally Riley, and Kym Goldsworthy (executive producers).
David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin (producers).

Production Companies:

Bunya Productions.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
(Produced in association with) all3media International.

Finance Organisations:

Screenwest.
Screen Australia.
Western Australian Regional Film Fund.
Royalties for Regions.
Create NSW.

Director of Photography:

Warwick Thornton (series two).

Editors:

Nick Holmes (series two).

Cast:

Series one:

Including Aaron Pederson (Detective Jay Swan) and Judy Davis (Detective Emma James).

Other cast members include Anthony Hayes, Deborah Mailman, Erroll Shand, Wayne Blair, and Rohan Mirchandaney.

Series two:

Including Aaron Pedersen, Jada Alberts, Sofia Helin, Callan Mulvey, and Tasma Walton.


Release Dates:

Series one filmed in August 2017.

Series one aired on the ABC in 2018.

Series two had an international premiere at the Berlinale, 25 February 2020 (only two of six episodes were shown).


Location:

  • Filming in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Awards:

  • AACTA Award, Best Actor (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA Award, Best Actress (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Guest Or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (two nominations), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Direction in a Television Drama Or Comedy (nominated for episode four), 2018.
  • AACTA Award, Best Cinematography in Television (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (winner, for episode five), 2018.
  • AACTA Award, Best Original Music Score in Television (winner, for episode four), 2018.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actor (nominated), 2019.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Awards, Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2020.
  • AACTA Awards, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2020.
  • AACTA Awards, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nominated: two actors), 2020.
  • AACTA Awards, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (nominated: two actors), 2020.
  • AACTA Award, Best Cinematography in Television (nomination) (2020).
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nomination) (2020).
  • AACTA Award, Best Sound in Television (nomination) (2020).
  • AACTA Award, Best Production Design in Television (nomination) (2020).

Notes:

List of episodes:

Series one:

1. Gone (Michaeley O'Brien)

2. Blood Ties (Kodie Bedford)

3. Chasing Ghosts (Michaeley O'Brien)

4. Silence (Steven McGregor)

5. The Waterhole (Timothy Lee)

6. The Truth (Steven McGregor)

Series two:

1. The Road (Steve McGregor)

2. The Flare (Blake Ayshford)

3. Artefacts (Timothy Lee)

4. Broken (Kodie Bedford)

5. To Live with the Living (Danielle McLean)

6. What You Do Now (Steven McGregor and Blake Ayshford)


Subjects:
Settings:
  • Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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