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Film Details - Mayfan , 1999
Producers:
Graeme Isaac (producer).
Theresa-Jayne Hanlon (associate producer).
Production Companies:
Mayfan Films.
Finance Organisations:
Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.
Director of Photography:
Allan Collins.
Composer:
Alister Spence.
Cast:
Reta Binge (Ruby), Bradley Byquar (Aboriginal tracker), Clayton Munro (Leroy), Wayne Munro (Vance), and Nathalie Roy (Amy).
Release Dates:
1. First aired on 12 November 1999 on SBS Television.
2. Released on videocassette format in 1999 by Mayfan Films. Also released on videocassette format by Mayfan Films as part of the Crossing Tracks anthology (1999). Re-released on DVD format in 2008.
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute (AFI Awards (2002) Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film - Allan Collins (nomination)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2000) Special Mention of the Jury, International Competition - Ivan Sen (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI Awards (2002) Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film - Craig Butters, Kuji Jenkins, John Patterson and Tony Vaccher (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI Awards (2002) Best Short Fiction Film Ivan Sen and Graeme Isaac (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Short Film (nomination)
