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Film Details - New Holland Pictures ; IDTV Film , 2007

Producers:

Cathy Overett and Anton Smit (producers).

Production Companies:

IDTV Film.
New Holland Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Robert Humphreys.

Editors:

Suresh Ayyar.

Production Designers:

Laurie Faen.

Music:

Antony Partos.

Cast:

Including William McInnes (John Woldring), Monic Hendrickx (Tahmeena), Milo (Elvis), Bille Brown (Bob Potter), Christopher Sommers (Mike Potter), David Field (Sgt Carl Allen), Sam Cotton (Angus), Christina Anderson (Supermarket Shopper), Renai Caruso (Kate), Zulaikha Deen (Shahla: 6 years old), Scott McRae (Policeman #1), Roy Billing (Royce), Mercia Deane-Johns (Barbara), Philippa Coultard (Rose), and Hannah Cocker (Shahla: 11 years old).

Release Dates:

4 August 2007 (premiere: Brisbane Film Festival).
19 June 2008 (general release: Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Queensland, including Boonah, Beaudesert, and the Story Bridge.

Post Production:

Cutting Edge (post-production).
Huzzah Sound (sound post-production).

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Direction (nominated), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Sound (won), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Sound (nominated), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (won), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actress (won), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actor (won), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Cinematography (won), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Actor (nominated), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Production Design (nominated), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Editing (won), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Editing (nominated), 2008.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Editing (won), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor (won), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actress (nominated), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (won), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Director (nominated), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (nominated), 2009.
  • IF Awards, Best Director (won), 2008.
  • IF Awards, Best Actress (won), 2008.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Film Sound Design (won), 2008.
  • AFI Award, Best Production Design (nominated), 2008.

Notes:

Dialogue in English and Dari.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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