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Film Details - CAAMA Productions , 2007
Producers:
Ron Saunders, Jo Horsburgh, and Priscilla Collins (executive producers); Terry Jennings and Rachel Clements (producers).
Production Companies:
CAAMA Productions.
Finance Organisations:
Developed and produced with the assistance of the Film Finance Corporation Australia, Nine Network in association with the Northern Territory Film Office, the New South Wales Film and Television Office, CAAMA, and Screen Australia.
Director of Photography:
Allan Collins.
Cast:
Cassie Glenn (Yuma), Chrissie Glenn (Kyanna), Myles Pollard (Henry), Jenny Apostolou (Roz), Lisa Flanagan (Freda), Lillian Crombie (Milly), Tommy Lewis (Jimmy), Aaron Pedersen (Kelton), James Fraser (Heath), Sam Parsonson (Max), Tyrone Wallace (Aaron), Letitia Bartlett (Iona), Marcella Remedio (Lavinia), and Basia A'Hern (Sasha).
Release Dates:
23 August 2008 (Australia).
Location:
- Sydney and Alice Springs.
Awards:
- Best Children's Television Drama (nomination), AFI Award, 2008.
- Best Script, Children's Television (C Classification) (nomination for 'The First Test'), AWGIE Award, 2007.
- Best Script, Children's Television (C Classification) (winner for 'Lost in the desert'), AWGIE Award, 2007.
Notes:
List of episodes:
1. The Twins (David Ogilvy)
2. The First Test (David Ogilvy)
3. Best Laid Plans (David Ogilvy)
4. Bush Tucker (David Ogilvy)
5. The Water Hole (Mitch Torres)
6. Mean Girls (Mitch Torres)
7. Lost in the Desert (Danielle MacLean)
8. Alien Alert (Danielle MacLean)
9. Two Dollars (Richard Frankland)
10. The Audition (Mitch Torres)
11. Double Dancing (Richard Frankland)
12. Going Home (Danielle MacLean)
13. Sand and Surf (Richard Franklin)
1. The Twins (David Ogilvy)
2. The First Test (David Ogilvy)
3. Best Laid Plans (David Ogilvy)
4. Bush Tucker (David Ogilvy)
5. The Water Hole (Mitch Torres)
6. Mean Girls (Mitch Torres)
7. Lost in the Desert (Danielle MacLean)
8. Alien Alert (Danielle MacLean)
9. Two Dollars (Richard Frankland)
10. The Audition (Mitch Torres)
11. Double Dancing (Richard Frankland)
12. Going Home (Danielle MacLean)
13. Sand and Surf (Richard Franklin)
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
