Small treasures

Australia, 1995

Film

Based on autobiographical experience, Small Treasures is about the still birth of a child. Written in a diary form, it follows an ordinary pregnancy through to its devastating conclusion. Beautifully made and hand coloured this film won best short at the Venice Film Festival.

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Credits

director

Sarah Watt

creator

Sarah Watt

producer

Sarah Watt

Duration

00:14:34:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1995

Appears in

Group of items

AFI Collection: a selection of tertiary student films. Tape 1

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003616

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Digital Betacam; Master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

Collected

3 times

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