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AUSTRALIA/GERMANY/UNITED KINGDOM & NORTHERN IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION
Year of completion
2012
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Drama, History
Duration
108 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

In spring 1945, the German army collapses. As the Allied forces sweep across the Motherland, five children embark on a journey which will challenge every notion we have of family, love and friendship.
Completion Year
2012
Genres
Drama, History
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Dreschsel, Paul Welsh

Director

Cate Shortland

Writer

Cate Shortland, Robin Mukherjee

Editor

Scott Gray ASE, Veronika Jenet

Production Designer

Melinda Doring

Executive Producer

Margaret Matheson, Vincent Sheehan, Anita Sheehan

Director of Photography

Adam Arkapaw

Cast

Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner

Screen Australia Supported

  • Production

    Project-specific support provided by Screen Australia's production investment programs since the agency's inception in July 2008. Includes investments, loans and grants. Excludes Producer Offset and Producer Equity Program.
  • Marketing

    Project-specific support provided through Screen Australia's P&A Program only. Shortly this will also incorporate project-specific market and festival support provided by Screen Australia since its inception in July 2008.

Awards

2012 — Valladolid International Film Festival

2013 — AWGIE Awards

2013 — Australian Directors Guild Ltd

2013 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts

2012 — Locarno International Film Festival

Screenings

2012 — Valladolid International Film Festival

2012 — Locarno International Film Festival

2013 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

2012 — Toronto International Film Festival

2012 — Busan International Film Festival

2013 — Berlin International Film Festival

2012 — BFI London Film Festival

2012 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Transmission Films Pty Limited

International Sales

Memento Films International

Production Company

Porchlight Films Pty Ltd

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