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No Way to Forget

Year of completion
1996
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
History
Duration
11 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

NO WAY TO FORGET is based on Richard Frankland's experiences as a field officer during the 1988 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The Royal Commission investigated the deaths of 99 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders held in police custody throughout Australia.
Completion Year
1996
Genres
History
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Composer

John Betros, Peter Camm, Richard Frankland

Editor

Michael Collins

Director

Richard Frankland

Writer

Richard Frankland

Director of Photography

Peter Zakharov

Producer

John Foss

Cast

David Ngoombujarra, Kylie Belling, Christina Saunders, Amy Saunders

Awards

1997 — Bathurst Film and Video Festival

1998 — Edge of the World Short Film Festival

1996 — Australian Film Institute

1996 — Australian Film Institute

1997 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1996 — St Kilda Film Festival

Screenings

1996 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1998 — Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation

1997 — Bathurst Film and Video Festival

1997 — Brest Short Film Festival

1998 — Edge of the World Short Film Festival

1997 — Douarnenez Festival of Ethnic Minority

2001 — EthnoFilmfest Berlin

1997 — Fajr International Film Festival

1997 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1996 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1997 — Hannover International Film Festival

1996 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1997 — Down Under Films On Top Film Festival

1999 — Bite The Mango Film Festival

1998 — Shintoku Film Festival

1997 — Australian Film Season - UK

1996 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1996 — St Kilda Film Festival

1996 — Cannes Film Festival

1998 — Cork International Film Festival

1997 — Goteborg Film Festival

1997 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

1998 — Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

2003 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

2022 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2022 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2018 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

International Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Production Company

Golden Seahorse Productions Pty Ltd
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