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Film Details - Blackfella Films ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019-2021
Producers:
Darren Dale and Miranda Dear.
Production Companies:
Blackfella Films.
Finance Organisations:
Screen Australia.
Create NSW.
Screen Queensland.
Screen Canberra.
Cast:
Deborah Mailman (Alex Irving) and Rachel Griffiths (Prime minister Rachel Anderson).
Release Dates:
Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (from 6 September 2019).
Released on ABC and iView in Australia on 13 October 2019.
Awards:
- AATCA Award, Best Actress (winner), 2019.
- AACTA Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (winner), 2019.
- AACTA Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (nominated: episode 3), 2019.
- AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nominated), 2019.
- AACTA Award, Best Sound in Television (nominated), 2019.
- AACTA Award, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama (winner), 2021.
- AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama (nominated), 2021.
