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Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship

Year of completion
1992
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
Music
Duration
12 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Nadezhda Ivanova, a very famous Bulgarian folksinger writes to a woman, a stranger, in Sydney Australia. She wants sponsorship to bring her raw and ancient singing to the West. Maria (the stranger) does not want a 'singing slav' in her inner-city life. She has perfected the art of self interest. East meets West with some anxiety...
Completion Year
1992
Genres
Music
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Christina Andreef

Writer

Christina Andreef

International Sales Contact

Helen Bowden

Producer

Helen Bowden

Editor

Heidi Kenessey

Production Designer

Janet Patterson

Director of Photography

Garry Phillips

Cast

Andrea Moor (Maria), Karin Mainwaring (Nadezdha) Genevieve Lemon (Grace)

Awards

1994 — Auckland International Short Film & Video Festival - FILMFEAST – Prize for Favourite Australian Film

1994 — Frames Film Festival – Most Outstanding First Film Award & High Commendation, Women's Suffrage Award

1994 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society – Bestof category winner

1994 — International Film Festival of Montecatini Terme – Aido Giovanni Icardi Prize

1994 — Vila do Conde - International Short Film Festival Portugal – Cottinelli Telmo Prize

1994 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc – ATOM Award - Christina Andreef & Helen Bowden

Screenings

1995 — Anzac Film Festival

1993 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Augsburger Short Film Festival

1994 — Australian Film Festival Istanbul

1994 — Bergen International Film Festival

1994 — Berkley Women's Film Festival

1993 — Bilbao International Festival of Documentary & Short Films

1993 — Film Events Queensland Limited

1995 — Brussels International Film Festival

1993 — Chicago International Film Festival

1993 — Chicago International Festival Of Childrens' Films

1994 — Estia Shorts Festival

1994 — Auckland International Short Film & Video Festival - FILMFEAST

1994 — Florida Film Festival

1994 — Foster's Export Australian Film Festival

1997 — Frames Film Festival

1994 — Frames Film Festival

1994 — Girls' Own Stories Event - Austria

1994 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1993 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1993 — Ismailia Festival for Documentary and Short Films

1993 — Jerusalem Film Festival

1996 — Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corp

1994 — Minimalen Short Film Festival

1994 — International Film Festival of Montecatini Terme

1995 — International du Court Metrage de Montreal

1994 — Norwegian Film Fest - Short Film Fest Kortfilm

1993 — New York Film Festival

1994 — Olympia Film Festival

1994 — Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema

1994 — Portland International Film Festival

1994 — Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

1995 — San Diego International Film Festival

1998 — Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival

1994 — Vila do Conde - International Short Film Festival Portugal

1994 — Festival Silence Elles Tournent

1995 — Singapore International Film Festival

1995 — Walters Gallery

1995 — "Women by Train to Beijing" Film Festival

1993 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

2000 — Aspen Shortsfest

1994 — Aspen Shortsfest

1993 — Cannes Film Festival

1994 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1994 — Goteborg Film Festival

1994 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

1993 — Sao Paulo International Film Festival

1994 — Sundance Film Festival

1993 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Footprint Films Pty Ltd

International Sales

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