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Film Details
- Goalpost Pictures; Shaftsbury Films,2006
Producers:
Rosemary Blight.
Production Companies:
Shaftsbury Films.
Goalpost Pictures.
Finance Organisations:
New South Wales Film & Television Office.
Film Finance.
Director of Photography:
Mark Wareham.
Editors:
Scott Gray.
Production Designers:
Nell Hanson.
Music:
Martin Armiger.
Cast:
Including Brenda Blethyn (Jean), Rebecca Gibney (Lana), Khan Chittenden (Tim), Richard Wilson (Mark), Russell Dykstra (Shane), Emma Booth (Jill), Katie Wall (Kelly), Philip Quast (Ronnie Stubbs), Frankie J. Holden (John), Tracie Sammut (Tori), Justin Martin (Brett), David Webb (Colin), and Susan Kennedy (Sharon).
Release Dates:
World premiere: 2007 Adelaide Film Festival.
General cinematic release: 28 June 2007 (Australia).
Premiered on 21 January 2007 (Sundance Film Festival).
Australian release on 28 June 2007.
Location:
Filmed in Sydney, including Bankstown, Cronulla, West Ryde, and Marrickville.
Post Production:
Soundfirm (sound post-production).
Awards:
FCCA Award* (Film Critics Circle of the Year), Best Actor - Supporting Role (nominated), 2008.
IF Awards, Best Actress (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Costume Design (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Supporting Actress (won), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Direction (nominated), 2007.
IF Awards, Best Production Design (nominated), 2007.
ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Feature Film (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Sound (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Production Design (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Editing (nominated), 2007.
FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of the Year), Best Actress - Supporting Role (won), 2008.
ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year (nominated), 2007.
ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Recording (nominated), 2007.
ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design (nominated), 2007.
ASE Award (Australian Screen Editors), Avid Award for Best Editing on a Feature Film (nominated), 2007.
IF Awards, Best Sound (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Supporting Actor [Richard Wilson] (nominated), 2007.
AFI Award, Best Supporting Actor [Frankie J. Holden] (nominated), 2007.
