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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Long Weekend
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Film Details - Dugong Films , 1978

Producers:

Richard Brennan (executive producer); Colin Eggleston (producer).

Production Companies:

Dugong Films.

Finance Organisations:

The Australian Film Commission and Victorian Film.

Director of Photography:

Vincent Monton.

Editors:

Brian Kavanagh.

Production Designers:

Lawrence Eastwood.

Music:

Michael Carlos.

Cast:

John Hargreaves (Peter) and Briony Behets (Marcia).

Release Dates:

29 March 1979.

Location:

  • Filmed in Bega, New South Wales, including the Bownda State Reserve.

Awards:

  • Antennae II Award, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1979.
    Special Jury Prize, Paris Film Festival, 1978.
    Best Film, Sitges (Catalonian International Film Festival), 1978.
    Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley, Sitges (Catalonian International Film Festival), 1978.
    Prize of the International Critics' Jury, Sitges (Catalonian International Film Festival), 1978.
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