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Celia

Year of completion
1988
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Drama
Duration
103 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

A story of childhood, monsters, dreams, death and love, the burning desire for a pet rabbit and the inability to understand when anti-communist bigotry labels best friends as bogeymen.
Completion Year
1988
Genres
Drama
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

Gordon Glenn, Timothy White

Production Designer

Peta Lawson

Executive Producer

Bryce Menzies

Composer

Chris Neal

Editor

Ken Sallows ASE

Director of Photography

Geoffrey Simpson ACS

Director

Ann Turner

Writer

Ann Turner

Cast

Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Maryanne Fahey, Victoria Longley

Awards

1989 — Salso Maggiore Film And TV Festival

1989 — Australian Film Institute

1989 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

Screenings

1995 — Aurora Australis: New Independent Film from Australia

1991 — Centre Georges Pompidou, Australian - Pompidou Event

1990 — Denver Film Festival (Media One)

1989 — Flanders International Film Festival

1990 — Giffoni Children's Film Festival

1990 — International Film Festival Of India

1992 — Istanbul International Film Festival

1994 — Laboratorio Immagine Donna

1992 — Les Enfants Lumiere

1991 — Les Enfants Lumiere

1989 — Montreal World Film Festival

1990 — New Directors New Films

1990 — New York Film Festival

1989 — Salso Maggiore Film And TV Festival

1989 — Seattle International Film Festival

1989 — Seattle Women's Film Festival

1990 — San Francisco International Film Festival

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1996 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film - UCLA

1993 — Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

1998 — Australian Film Event Tiberina

1997 — Australian Film Event Tiberina

1989 — Tokyo International Film Festival

1990 — USA Film Festival, Dallas

1996 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1989 — Vancouver International Film Festival

1992 — Verona Film Festival

1989 — Women In Film Festival

1989 — Young Cinema - Tokyo Int Film Fest

1989 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1989 — Australian Film Institute

1989 — Cannes Film Festival

1989 — Cork International Film Festival

1989 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1990 — Goteborg Film Festival

1989 — Goteborg Film Festival

1989 — Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

1989 — Toronto International Film Festival

1989 — Uppsala International Short Film Festival

2017 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1989 — Berlin International Film Festival

1989 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Seon Films International Pty Ltd
IFM World Releasing Inc

Production Company

Seon Films International Pty Ltd
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