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Vacant Possession

Year of completion
1994
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Thriller
Duration
95 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Tessa returns to her childhood home - a house haunted by emotional memories. But how to return home after all those years away? What's home after all? A house? A place? A family? Set on the shores of Botany Bay close to where Captain Cook landed, VACANT POSSESSION tells a story of two families - one black, one white - both living in the shadow of the past. Weaving dream, memory and fantasy, it is the story of conflict and the complexities of reconciliation.
Completion Year
1994
Genres
Thriller
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director of Photography

Dion Beebe

Editor

Veronika Jenet

Composer

Alistair Jones

Director

Margot Nash

Writer

Margot Nash

Production Designer

Michael Phillips

Producer

John Winter

Cast

Pamela Rabe, John Stanton, Toni Scanlon, Linden Wilkinson, Rita Bruce, Olivia Patten

Awards

1997 — Women's Film Festival - Torino – Audience Award

1996 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival – Special Mention - Margot Nash

Screenings

1996 — International Film Forum 'ARSENAL'

1995 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1995 — Chicago International Film Festival

1997 — Femme Totale - Dortmund

1995 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1999 — Kino Xenix Screenings

1996 — Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corp

1996 — New Delhi International Film Festival

1996 — Oldenberg Film Festival

1996 — Oz: Adventures in Australian Filmmaking

1996 — Portland International Film Festival

1996 — SIFF'S Women In Cinema Festival

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

1996 — Cinema Tout Ecran Film Festival

1997 — Women's Film Festival - Torino

1999 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1996 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

2021 — Melbourne International Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Wintertime Films Pty Ltd

Production Company

Wintertime Films Pty Ltd

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