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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Serenades
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Film Details - Southern Star Sandra Levy , 2001

Producers:

Sandra Levy.

Production Companies:

Southern Star.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.
South Australian Film Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

Tim Wellburn.

Production Designers:

Colin Gibson.

Music:

Davood A. Tabrizi.

Cast:

Including Alice Haines (Jila), Aden Young (Johann), Sinisa Copic (Shir Mohammed), Bille Brown (Pastor Hoffman), David Gulpilil (Rainman), Nico Lathouris (Mullah Jalal-Shah), Rodney Afif (Abdullah), Katayla Williams (Jila), Ben Winsor (Johann, aged 12), David Ngoombujarra (Joseph), Eileen Darley (Amelia), Yiani Harpas (Amir), Monette Lee (Blanche), Netta Yashchin (Zeinab), Linda Rowlands (Pearl), Celine O'Leary (Anna), Stephen Sheehan (Mr Becker), Lucy Slattery (Emma), Farhad Noori (Aziz), Kyavash Afarinesh (Rasul), and Franchesca Cubillo (Wanga).

Release Dates:

Premiered on 30 April 2001 (Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema).

Released in Australia on 31 May 2001.


Location:

  • Filmed in South Australia, including Flinders Ranges, Leigh Creek, and Nilpena Station.

Awards:

  • FCCA Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2001.
Subjects:
  • Central Australia,
Settings:
  • Central Australia,
  • 1890s
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