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High Tide

Year of completion
1987
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Drama
Duration
103 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

A story of love lost and found, in a remote wintry coastal town in Australia.
Completion Year
1987
Genres
Drama
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Gillian Armstrong

Editor

Nicholas Beauman

Composer

Peter Best

Director of Photography

Russell Boyd

Production Designer

Sally Campbell

Writer

Laura Jones

Producer

Sandra Levy

Executive Producer

Joseph Skrzynski AO, Antony I. Ginnane

International Sales Contact

Antony I. Ginnane

Cast

Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels, Jan Adele

Awards

1988 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1988 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1988 — Ministry For The Arts

1990 — US National Society Film Critics

1987 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

Screenings

1991 — Centre Georges Pompidou, Australian - Pompidou Event

1987 — Chicago International Film Festival

1988 — Filmotsav

1988 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1988 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1994 — Laboratorio Immagine Donna

1987 — Mill Valley Film Festival

1987 — Montreal World Film Festival

1988 — Smithsonian Institute

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

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1987 — Vancouver International Film Festival

1988 — Norwich Women's Film Weekend

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

2017 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1988 — BFI London Film Festival

1987 — BFI London Film Festival

2019 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

IFM World Releasing Inc

International Sales

Production Company

Film & General Holdings (NZ) Limited (IFM)

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