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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Princess Kate
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Film Details - 1988

Producers:

Patricia edgar (executive producer); Antonia Barnard (producer).

Production Companies:

The Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Finance Organisations:

The Australian Film Commission, the New South Wales Film Corp, and the Australian Bicentenial Authority.

Director of Photography:

Jeff Darling.

Editors:

Denise Haratzis.

Production Designers:

Fiona Reilly.

Music:

Chris Neal.

Cast:

Myra Noblet (Gran), Shane Tickner (Robbie), Mouche Phillips (Sarah), Claudia Karvan (Amanda), Alan Cassell (Bob McLelland), Justine Clarke (Kate McLelland), Rebekah Elmaloglou (May Mathieson), Lorna Lesley (Glenys Mathieson), Lyndel Rowe (Anne McLelland), Martin Sacks (Greg Mathieson), and Mitchell McMahon (Jason Mathieson).

Release Dates:

3 April 1988 (Australia).

Location:

  • Each of the Touch the Sun stories was associated with an individual state: this was the New South Wales production.

Awards:

  • Finalist, First International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1988.
  • Finalist (Telefeatures section), Banff Television Festival, Canada, 1989.

Notes:

Script editor: Sue Smith.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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