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Film Details - Retro Active Films Pty Ltd , 2007
Producers:
Trevor Blainey (producer).
Production Companies:
Retro Active Films.
Director of Photography:
László Baranyai.
Editors:
Geoff Hitchins.
Production Designers:
Paddy Reardon.
Music:
Bryony Marks.
Cast:
Including Brendan Cowell (Constable Graham McGahan), Henry Nixon (Craig Finlay), Luke Elliot (Dean Stouritis), Katie Wall (Constable Caitlin Robinson), Maia Thomas (Lavinia Smart), and Nicholas Bell (Snr. Det. Noel Birchall).
Release Dates:
3 May 2007 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in Melbourne, Victoria.
Post Production:
Music & Effects (sound post-production).
Awards:
- ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Mixing (won), 2007.
- ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design (won), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) (nominated), 2007.
- Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic) (nomminated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nominated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Lead Actor (nominated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Editing (nominated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Direction (nominated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Cinematography (nominated), 2007.
- AFI Award, Best Sound (won), 2007.
- Leeds International Film Festival, Special Mention, 2007.
- IF Award, Best Music (nominated), 2007.
- ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Feature Film (won), 2007.
- IF Award, Best Director (nominated), 2007.
- ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Recording (nominated), 2007.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (won), 2008.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor (won), 2008.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Editing (won), 2008.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Director (won), 2008.
- IF Award, Best Editing (won), 2007.
- FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (won), 2008.
- IF Award, Best Actor (nominated), 2007.
- IF Award, Best Sound (won), 2007.
- Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Hugo (New Directors Competition) (nominated), 2007.
- ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year (nominated), 2007.
Notes:
Script editor: David Tiley.
