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Somersault

Year of completion
2004
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Drama
Duration
106 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

A visually haunting story of an adolescent girl's discovery of the difference between sex and love in the winter landscape of an Australian ski resort town.
Completion Year
2004
Genres
Drama
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Cate Shortland

Writer

Cate Shortland

Executive Producer

Jan Chapman

Director of Photography

Robert Humphreys ACS

Costume Designer

Emily Seresin

Production Designer

Melinda Doring

Editor

Scott Gray ASE

Producer

Anthony Anderson

Cast

Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Erik Thomson, Lynette Curran, Nathaniel Dean, Leah Purcell

Awards

2004 — Australian Cinematographers Society Queensland

2005 — Australasian Performing Right Association Limited

2004 — Australasian Performing Right Association Limited

2004 — Australian Screen Sound Guild

2004 — Australian Screen Sound Guild

2004 — Australian Screen Sound Guild

2005 — Filmink Magazine

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2004 — Ljubljana International Film Festival

2004 — Saint Tropez Film Festival - Cinema de Antipodes

2004 — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

2004 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2004 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2004 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2004 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2004 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2004 — AWGIE Awards

2004 — AWGIE Awards

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2004 — Australian Film Institute

2005 — Australian Cinematographers Society Awards National

2006 — Australian Directors Guild Ltd

Screenings

2004 — Ljubljana International Film Festival

2005 — London Australian Film Festival

2005 — New Directors New Films

2004 — Saint Tropez Film Festival - Cinema de Antipodes

2004 — Tokyo International Film Festival

2004 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

2004 — Cannes Film Festival

2004 — Cork International Film Festival

2005 — Hong Kong International Film Festival

2004 — Hof International Film Festival

2004 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2004 — Stockholm International Film Festival

2004 — Toronto International Film Festival

2025 — The Sydney Film Festival

2004 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Hopscotch Films

International Sales

Fortissimo Film Sales

Production Company

Red Carpet Productions Pty Ltd

Composer

Decoder Ring

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