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'After accidentally witnessing a woman being raped, a 12 year-old girl left catatonic with shock, struggles to make sense of what she saw and ultimately finds renewal in the inestimable world of her imagination.'
Source: Screen Australia funding approval.
Notes
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Received Screen Australia development funding in February 2018 (under title 'Puff').
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Number 8 on the Guardian Australia’s 10 best Australian films of 2022
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Retreat into Fantasy
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 September 2022; (p. 13)
— Review of Blaze 2022 single work film/TV
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A Retreat into Fantasy
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 September 2022; (p. 13)
— Review of Blaze 2022 single work film/TV
Awards
- 2023 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
- 2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
- 2022 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Original
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