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Just Desserts

Year of completion
1992
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
History
Duration
15 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

JUST DESSERTS is a reflective and evocative film which looks at the development of Maria Stroppi's sexuality through food. Set in 70s' suburban Australia, the film deals with fragments of Maria's memories of her turbulent past growing up in an Italian Catholic family.
Completion Year
1992
Genres
History
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director of Photography

Jane Castle

Editor

James Manche

International Sales Contact

Monica Pellizzari

Director

Monica Pellizzari

Producer

Monica Pellizzari

Writer

Monica Pellizzari

Cast

Dina Panozzo, Nicoletta Boris, Anne-Louise Lambert, Lynette Curran

Awards

1993 — Chicago International Film Festival

1993 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

1993 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1993 — Kobe International Independent Film Festival - KIIFF

1994 — International du Court Metrage de Montreal

1994 — International du Court Metrage de Montreal

1994 — Festival International De Films Et Videos

1993 — Olympia Film Festival

1994 — Festival Silence Elles Tournent

1993 — Australian Film Institute

1993 — Venice International Film Festival

Screenings

1995 — Anzac Film Festival

1994 — Auckland Film Festival

1994 — Augsburger Short Film Festival

1995 — Aurora Australis: New Independent Film from Australia

1994 — Australian Film Festival Istanbul

1994 — Berkley Women's Film Festival

1994 — Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema

1994 — British Short Film Festival

1993 — Chicago International Film Festival

1994 — Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival

1994 — Christchurch International Film Festival

1994 — Cologne Film Festival

1998 — Dresden International Festival for Animation and Short Films

1994 — Dunedin International Film Festival

1994 — Exground On Screen Film Festival - Weisbaden

1997 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1994 — Foster's Export Australian Film Festival

1995 — Centenary of Australian Cinema- Retrospective of Australian Films

1994 — Girls' Own Stories Event - Austria

1994 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1994 — Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

1993 — Houston International Film and Video Festival

1994 — Huesca Short Film Festival

1993 — International Short Film Festival

1994 — Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival

1993 — Kobe International Independent Film Festival - KIIFF

1994 — St Petersburg Internnational Film Festival "Festival of Festivals"

1994 — Lesbian Film Festival - Berlin

1994 — London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

1993 — Madrid Film Week

1994 — Madrid International Film Festival

1994 — Mediawave International Festival of Visual Arts

1994 — Montreal Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

1994 — International du Court Metrage de Montreal

1994 — International du Court Metrage de Montreal

1994 — Festival International De Films Et Videos

1994 — International Hamburg Short Film Festival

1994 — Norwegian Film Fest - Short Film Fest Kortfilm

1993 — New York Film Festival

1993 — Olympia Film Festival

1993 — Oslo International Film Festival

1994 — Paris Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

1994 — Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema

1994 — Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

1998 — Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival

1994 — Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival

1993 — Scala, Frauen Filminitiative, Munich

1994 — Festival Silence Elles Tournent

1996 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1994 — Viper, International Festival for Film, Video and New Media

1996 — Walters Gallery

1994 — Wellington Film Festival

1994 — Wilhelmshaven Film Festival

1994 — Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

2003 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1993 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1994 — Goteborg Film Festival

1994 — Sundance Film Festival

1993 — Venice International Film Festival

1993 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Ronin Films

International Sales

Production Company

NRG Films
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