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Shadow Panic

Year of completion
1989
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
Fantasy, Thriller
Duration
25 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

'I am the dreamer, the redhead, I search for hidden treasure: which fragment would yield the gold, which memory would haunt forever?' 'I am the investigator, I watch, I record, I collect evidence: little men who get rich quick, this wilful heritage, this aching land.' 'I am the fool, the hothead, distracted, temporarily unavailable: in love, out of love, searching for love.' Three women, stangers to each other, yet their lives seem inexplicably linked. Shadow Panic is a short experimental film about internal and external states of emergency, about personal and collective shadows, about resistance and spirit.
Completion Year
1989
Genres
Fantasy, Thriller
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director of Photography

Sally Bongers

Director

Margot Nash

Producer

Margot Nash

Writer

Margot Nash

Editor

Diana Priest

Cast

Robin Laurie, Rose Wanganeen, Kaarin Fairfax, Elizabeth Cook, Sandra Cook

Awards

1990 — American Film And Video Festival

1990 — Frames Film Festival

1989 — Australian Film Institute

1990 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1989 — Melbourne International Film Festival

Screenings

1990 — American Film And Video Festival

1989 — BFI Short Film Season

1990 — Edmonton International Student Festival

1990 — Frames Film Festival

1989 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1991 — Images Fest Of Independent Film & Video

1989 — Experimenta Media Arts

1989 — Spoleto Fringe Film And Video Festival

1990 — Wellington Film Festival

1989 — Australian Film Institute

1990 — Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

1999 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1990 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1989 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1989 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Australian Film Institute Distribution

International Sales

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