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Green Bush

Year of completion
2004
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
Drama, Mystery
Duration
26 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Every night, DJ Kenny hosts the 'Green Bush' show for Aboriginal inmates and their families. Isolated at the station, he gets many mysterious visitors. Are they escaping the cold, hiding, or trying to control the information?
Completion Year
2004
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Warwick Thornton

Producer

Kath Shelper

Writer

Warwick Thornton

Director of Photography

Murray Lui

Production Designer

Daran Fulham

Editor

Rachel Perkins

Cast

David Page

Awards

2005 — Dakino International Short Film Festival

2005 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

2005 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

2005 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2005 — Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

2005 — Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

2006 — Equinox Productions

2005 — National Geographic All Road's Film Festival

2005 — Bendfilm Festival

2005 — The Cherokee International Film Festival

2005 — The Cherokee International Film Festival

2005 — The Cherokee International Film Festival

2005 — Santa Fe Film festival

2005 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2006 — Flickerfest

2005 — Berlin International Film Festival

Screenings

2005 — Arizona International Film Festival

2005 — International Short Film Festival of Drama

2005 — Dakino International Short Film Festival

2005 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

2005 — International Film Festival of Kerala

2005 — Nashville Independent Film Festival

2005 — New Zealand Film Festival

2005 — International Hamburg Short Film Festival

2005 — Provincetown International Film Festival

2005 — Vila do Conde - International Short Film Festival Portugal

2005 — Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

2005 — Calgary International Film Festival

2006 — Equinox Productions

2005 — National Geographic All Road's Film Festival

2005 — Salento International Film Festival

2005 — Sami Film Festival

2009 — Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival

2005 — The Wairoa Maori Film Festival

2005 — Colourised Festival

2005 — Damascus International Film Festival

2005 — Longbaugh Film Festival

2005 — AICE Australian Film Festival in Israel

2005 — Heard Museum Film Festival

2005 — Short Film Festival, Madrid

2005 — Tabor Film Festival

2005 — Wordstorm: NT Writers' Festival

2005 — Silhouette Film Festival

2005 — Exground Filmfest

2005 — Restfest Digital Film Festival

2005 — Santa Fe Film festival

2005 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

2005 — ImagineNATIVE

2005 — Sundance Film Festival

2006 — Tampere International Short Film Festival

2013 — Berlin International Film Festival

2005 — Berlin International Film Festival

2005 — BFI London Film Festival

2005 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Ronin Films

Production Company

CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
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