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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Needle
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Film Details - Filmscope Entertainment , 2011

Producers:

Deidre Kitcher.

Production Companies:

Filmscope Entertainment.

Director of Photography:

Stephen F. Windon.

Editors:

Jason Ballantine.

Production Designers:

Nigel Devenport.

Music:

Jamie Blanks.

Cast:

Including Jessica Marais (Kandi), Ben Mendelsohn (Detective Meares), Jane Badler (Professor Banyon), Travis Fimmel (Marcus Rutherford), Nathaniel Buzolic (Ryan), Tahyna Tozzi (Mary Matthews), Michael Dorman (Ben Rutherford), John Jarratt (Paul the Coroner), Khan Chittenden (Jed), Trilby Glover (Isabel Du Pont), Murray Bartlett (Tony Martin), and Malcolm Kennard (Detective Reddick).

Release Dates:

28 July 2011 (Australia: limited release).

Location:

  • Filmed in Perth, Western Australia (including the University of Western Australia).

Awards:

  • Best Actor, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, 2011.
  • Best Cinematography, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, 2011.
  • Special Jury Award, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2011.
  • Festival Trophy (Best Make-up), Screamfest, 2010.
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