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Rabbit On The Moon

Year of completion
1988
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
History
Duration
20 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

This stylish graduate film by Monica Pellizzari has won virtually every award possible in Australia and more overseas. The subject is that of a young Italian girl growing up in the Australian suburbs of the '70s, confused by the conflicting values of her classmates and those of her Italian family.
Completion Year
1988
Genres
History
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Production Designer

Gaye Chapman

Editor

Annette Davey

Director

Monica Pellizzari

Producer

Monica Pellizzari

Writer

Monica Pellizzari

Director of Photography

Brendan Young

Composer

Giorgio Zinzii

Cast

Aurelia Eneide, Nicoletta Boris, Trina Simone, Virgilio Eneide, Filippo Rocca, Genevieve Lemon, Ashley Kibbey

Awards

1988 — Australasian Academy of Broadcast Arts and Sciences

1989 — Chicago International Film Festival

1989 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1988 — Rencontres Internationales Henri Langloise

1989 — Montecatini International Short Film Festival

1990 — Salerno International Short Film Festival

1989 — Sulmona Cinema

1988 — Toowoomba Film Festival

1988 — Toowoomba Film Festival

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1989 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1989 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1989 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1989 — St Kilda Film Festival

Screenings

1990 — BFI Short Film Season

1990 — Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films

1988 — BP Expo

1989 — Chicago International Film Festival

1998 — Dresden International Festival for Animation and Short Films

1989 — Internationales Essener Kinderfilmfestival im Ruhrgebiet

1993 — Filmoteca Generalitat Valenciana

1990 — FIPA - Cannes

1989 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1996 — Rencontres Internationales Henri Langloise

1988 — Rencontres Internationales Henri Langloise

1994 — Laboratorio Immagine Donna

2003 — London Australian Film Festival

1993 — Madrid Film Week

1996 — Montecatini International Short Film Festival

1989 — Montecatini International Short Film Festival

1988 — Montreal New Film & Video

1989 — Festival International De Films Et Videos

1989 — New Directors New Films

1989 — Norwegian Film Fest - Short Film Fest Kortfilm

1990 — Festival International Du Film D'Amiens

1990 — Salerno International Short Film Festival

1989 — Singapore International Film Festival

1989 — Sulmona Cinema

1988 — Sulmona Cinema

1988 — Toowoomba Film Festival

1988 — Toowoomba Film Festival

1990 — USA Film Festival, Dallas

1994 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1989 — Wellington Film Festival

1995 — "Women by Train to Beijing" Film Festival

1988 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1988 — Australian Film Institute

1989 — St Kilda Film Festival

1989 — Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

1988 — Cork International Film Festival

1990 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1989 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1989 — Hong Kong International Film Festival

2002 — Locarno International Film Festival

1989 — Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

2002 — Tampere International Short Film Festival

1995 — Tampere International Short Film Festival

1989 — Tampere International Short Film Festival

1991 — Uppsala International Short Film Festival

1989 — Uppsala International Short Film Festival

1988 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1988 — BFI London Film Festival

1988 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Australian Film Institute Distribution

International Sales

Jane Balfour Films Ltd
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