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Frailejon

Year of completion: 1993
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Short
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Duration: 57 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Based on the director's real life experience, FRAILEJON is an intimately poetic film about a young man's journey into a remote mountainous region of the Venezuelan Andes where he encounters a recluse mountain guide, Chucho. Over the course of their arduous expedition they learn to transcend their inability to communicate through a common language. Through song and dance Chucho reveals his philosophy and respect for these unknown mountains.

Completion Year: 1993
Genres: Fantasy, Thriller
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Cast

Christopher Johnson, Jesus Zambrano

Awards

1995 — Heartland Film Festival – Crystal Heart Award

1994 — National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Best Dramatic Film by a Student

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia – Best Short Film

1995 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc – Most Innovative - Joshua Yeldham

1995 — St Kilda Film Festival – Most Original Concept - Joshua Yeldham

1995 — St Kilda Film Festival – Newvision Films Award - Joshua Yeldham

Screenings

1995 — Heartland Film Festival

1995 — St Kilda Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Bunyip Productions Pty Ltd

International Sales

Bunyip Productions Pty Ltd

Production Company

Bunyip Productions Pty Ltd

Frailejon

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