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Picnic at Hanging Rock

Year of completion
1975
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Fantasy, Mystery
Duration
115 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 at Appleyard College, an exclusive ladies academy, a party of schoolgirls prepares for a picnic at Hanging Rock. Some of them are never to return.
Completion Year
1975
Genres
Fantasy, Mystery
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Writer

Cliff Green

Executive Producer

Patricia Lovell

Producer

Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy

Director

Peter Weir

Cast

Rachel Roberts, Dominic Gard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver, Vivean Gray, Kirsty Child, Anne Lambert, Karen Robson, Jane Vallis, Christine Schuler, Margaret Nelson, John Jarratt, Ingrid Mason, Martin Vaughan

Awards

1976 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts – Best Cinematography - Russell Boyd

1977 — Chicago International Film Festival – Gold Plaque Award

1979 — Taormina International Film Festival – Super Cariddi Prize

1976 — Variety Club of Australia – Best Feature Film

1976 — Variety Club of Australia – Best Art Direction For A Feature Film - David Copping

1976 — Variety Club of Australia – Best Make-up - Jose Perez

Screenings

1998 — All the Best from Australia Flm Festival - Manila

1996 — Australia On Screen - Hong Kong

1990 — Aus Film Festival Peter Weir Retrospective, Argentina

2000 — Brussels International Film Festival

1991 — Centre Georges Pompidou, Australian - Pompidou Event

1977 — Chicago International Film Festival

1997 — Fajr International Film Festival

1992 — Istanbul International Film Festival

1991 — Moscow International Film Festival

1997 — Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

2001 — Saint Tropez Film Festival - Cinema de Antipodes

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1996 — Strictly Oz Event

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

2004 — Taormina International Film Festival

1979 — Taormina International Film Festival

1996 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1992 — Verona Film Festival

1996 — Walters Gallery

1993 — Washington Film Festival

1997 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2025 — Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

2022 — Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

2002 — Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

2018 — Melbourne International Film Festival

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