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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Cry
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Film Details - Synchronicity Films , 2018

Producers:

Claire Mundell, Gaynor Holmes, and Elizabeth Kilgarriff (executive producers).
Brian Kaczynski and Stuart Menzies (producers).
Katy Engels and Anna Molyneaux (line producers).

Production Companies:

Synchronicity Films.
Produced for the BBC.

Finance Organisations:

Film Victoria.
Victoria State Government.
The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Director of Photography:

Sam Chiplin.

Editors:

Alastair Reid/

Production Designers:

Mark Leese.

Composer:

Lorne Balfe.

Release Dates:

Primary cast members include Jenna Coleman (Joanna), Ewen Leslie (Alistair), Asher Keddie  (Alexandra), Moyo Akandé (Defence Lawyer), Shareena Clanton (Lorna Jones), Kate Dickie (Morven Davis), Alex Dimitriades (Peter Alexiades), David Elliot (Henry McCallum), Stella Gonet (Elizabeth), Natalie Heslop (Reporter), Markella Kavenagh (Chloe), Sophie Kennedy Clark (Kirsty), Shauna Macdonald (Dr. Wallace), and Christopher McPhillips (Reporter).

Episodes originally broadcast on the BBC on 30 September, 7 October, 14 October, and 21 October 2018.

Streamed in Australia on ABC iView from January 2019.


Location:

  • Filmed in Victoria, including Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale.

Awards:

  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (nominated), 2019.
  • AATCA Award, Best Actor (nominated), 2019.
  • AATCA Award, Best Actress (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Cinematography in Television (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (winner), 2019.

Notes:

Script editor: Lisa Baxter.


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  • Victoria,
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