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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Waiting City
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Film Details - See Pictures , 2009

Producers:

Jamie Hilton and Claire McCarthy (producers).

Production Companies:

See Pictures.
Sol Films.
Speaking Tree Films.
Waiting City Films.

Director of Photography:

Denson Baker.

Editors:

Veronika Jenet.

Production Designers:

Pete Baxter.

Music:

Michael Yezerski.

Cast:

Including Radha Mitchell (Fiona Simmons), Joel Edgerton (Ben Simmons), Samrat Chakrabarti (Krishna), Isabel Lucas (Scarlett), Tillotama Shome (Sister Tessila), Barun Chanda (Doctor Khan), Dana Roy (Sister Agnes).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia on 15 July 2010.

Location:

  • Filmed on location in India.

Awards:

  • ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Feature Film (nominated), 2010.
  • AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2010.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Cinematography (won), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Actor - Male (nominated), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Actor - Female (nominated), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Director (nominated), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Music Score (nominated), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Asssociation of Australia), Best Editor (nominated), 2011.
  • IF Award, Best Cinematography (won), 2010.
  • IF Award, Best Editing (won), 2010.
  • IF Award, Best Actor (nominated), 2010.
  • IF Award, Best Actress (nominated), 2010.

Notes:

Script editors: Lyn Chick, Keith Thompson, and Elissa Down.

Settings:
  • Calcutta,
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    India,
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    South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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