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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Beautiful Kate
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Film Details - New Town Films , 2009

Producers:

Bryan Brown and Leah Churchill-Brown.

Production Companies:

New Town Films.

Finance Organisations:

South Australian Film Corporation.
New South Wales Film & Television Office.
Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Andrew Commis.

Editors:

Veronika Jenet.

Production Designers:

Ian Jobson.

Music:

Tex Perkins.

Cast:

Including Ben Mendelsohn (Ned Kendall), Maeve Dermody (Toni), Rachel Griffiths (Sally Kendall), Sophie Lowe (Kate Kendall), Josh Macfarlane (Cliff Kendall), Bryan Brown (Bruce Kendall), Suzie Boyaci (Emily Kendall), Daniel Binks (Young Cliff Kendall), Heloise Baker (Young Sally Kendall), Eve Burner (Young Kate Kendall), Briony Kent (Tamara), Jarrah Cocks (Andy Cromer), and Scott O'Donnell (Young Ned Kendall).

Release Dates:

World premiere screening at the Sydney Film Festival, 13 June 2009.

Also shown at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival (10 June 2019). Rachel Ward gave that year's Ian McPherson Memorial Lecture at the festival.


Location:

  • Filmed in the Flinders Ranges and Adelaide, South Australia.

Post Production:

Soundfirm.
Spectrum Films.

Awards:

  • IF Award (Inside Film), Best Editing (nominated), 2010.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actor [Ben Mendelsohn] (nominated), 2009.
  • IF Award (Inside Film), Best Direction (nominated), 2010.
  • AFI Award, Best Supporting Actress [Rachel Griffiths] (won), 2009.
  • IF Award (Inside Film), Best Cinematography (won), 2010.
  • AGD Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Feature Film (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (nominated), 2010.
  • Australian Cinematographers Society, Features - Cinema (won), 2010.
  • Australian Cinematographers Society, Cinematographer of the Year (won), 2010.
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Female [Sophie Lowe] (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Female [Maeve Dermody] (nominated), 2010.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actress [Sophie Lowe] (nominated), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Direction (nominated), 2009.
  • ASE Award (Australian Screen Editors), Avid Award for Best Editing on a Feature Film (nominated), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actress (nominated), 2009.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Female [Rachel Griffiths] (won), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Male [Bryan Brown] (won), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Male [Ben Mendelsohn] (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Director (nominated), 2010.
  • AFI Award, Best Supporting Actress [Maeve Dermody] (nominated), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Supporting Actor [Bryan Brown] (nominated), 2009.

Notes:

Script editor: Michael Brindley.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Flinders Ranges, North East South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
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