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Film Details - Soft Fruit , 1999
Producers:
Jane Campion (executive producer).
Helen Bowden (producer).
Production Companies:
Soft Fruit.
Finance Organisations:
New South Wales Film & Television Office.
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
László Baranyai.
Editors:
Jane Moran.
Production Designers:
Sarah Stollman.
Music:
Antony Partos.
Cast:
Primary cast members include Genevieve Lemon (Josie), Jeanie Drynan (Patsy), Sacha Horler (Nadia), Linal Haft (Vic), Russell Dykstra (Bo), and Alicia Talbot (Vera).
Release Dates:
Released in Australia on 28 October 1999.
Premiered internationally on 21 January 2000 (Sundance Film Festival).
Location:
- Filmed in Strathfield (Sydney), among other locations.
Post Production:
Spectrum Films International.
Awards:
- ARIA Music Award, Best Original Soundtrack Album (nominated), 2000.
- AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (won), 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Performance by an an Actress in a Supporting Role (won), 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Direction (nominated), 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (nominated), 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nominated), 1999.
- Australian Screen Music Award, Best Original Music for a Soundtrack (won), 1999.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Male (nominated), 2000.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Female (nominated), 2000.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Female (nominated), 2000.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Director (nominated), 2000.
- San Sebastián International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize (won), 1999.
- San Sebastián International Film Festival, Golden Seashell (nominated), 1999.
- Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Jury Special Prize [International Feature Film Competition] (won), 1999.
- Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Prize of the City of Torino [Best Film–International Feature Film Competition](nominated), 1999.
Notes:
Script editors: Joan Scheckel and Tony Ayres.
Settings:
- Port Kembla, Port Kembla area, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,
