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No Way to Forget

Year of completion: 1996
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Short
Genre: History
Duration: 11 minutes
Production Status: Completed

NO WAY TO FORGET is based on Richard Frankland's experiences as a field officer during the 1988 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The Royal Commission investigated the deaths of 99 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders held in police custody throughout Australia.

Completion Year: 1996
Genres: History
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Composer

John Betros, Peter Camm, Richard Frankland

Editor

Michael Collins

Director

Richard Frankland

Writer

Richard Frankland

Director of Photography

Producer

Cast

David Ngoombujarra, Kylie Belling, Christina Saunders, Amy Saunders

Awards

1997 — Bathurst Film and Video Festival – Best Film - Richard Frankland

1998 — Edge of the World Short Film Festival – Highly Commended - Richard Frankland

1996 — Australian Film Institute – Animal Logic Award for Best Short Fiction Film - Richard Frankland

1996 — Australian Film Institute – Counterpoint Sound Award for Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film - Mark Tarpey and Neil McGrath

1997 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc – Best Short Drama

1996 — St Kilda Film Festival – New Director Award - Richard Frankland

Screenings

1996 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1998 — Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation

1997 — Bathurst Film and Video Festival

1997 — Brest Short Film Festival

1998 — Edge of the World Short Film Festival

1997 — Douarnenez Festival of Ethnic Minority

2001 — EthnoFilmfest Berlin

1997 — Fajr International Film Festival

1997 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1996 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1997 — Hannover International Film Festival

1996 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1997 — Down Under Films On Top Film Festival

1999 — Bite The Mango Film Festival

1998 — Shintoku Film Festival

1997 — Australian Film Season - UK

1996 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1996 — St Kilda Film Festival

1996 — Cannes Film Festival

1998 — Cork International Film Festival

1997 — Goteborg Film Festival

1997 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

1998 — Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

2003 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

2022 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2022 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2018 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

International Sales

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Production Company

Golden Seahorse Productions Pty Ltd