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Film Details - Blackfella Films ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019-2023

Producers:

Darren Dale, Miranda Dear, and Erin Bretherton.

Production Companies:

Blackfella Films.

Finance Organisations:

Screen Australia.
Create NSW.
Screen Queensland.
Screen Canberra.

Cast:

Deborah Mailman (Alex Irving) and Rachel Griffiths (Prime minister Rachel Anderson).


Release Dates:

Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (from 6 September 2019).

Released on ABC and iView in Australia on 13 October 2019.


Awards:

  • AATCA Award, Best Actress (winner), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (winner), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (nominated: episode 3), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Sound in Television (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama (winner), 2021.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama (nominated), 2021.
  • Logie Award, Best Lead Actor in a Drama (nominated), 2024.
  • Logie Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama (nominated), 2024.
  • Logie Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama (winner [for one of two nominations]), 2024.
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