Nine lives

A short created by a student for the 2004 ACMI Diegesis secondary school media festival.
Using multiple locations such as Bourke Street, school playgrounds and the beach, a group of students show us their acrobatic abilities, jumping off sides of wallls, sculptures and common school playground equipment.

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Credits

creator

Jamie MacDowell

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2004

Appears in

Group of items

Diegesis Festival 2004. Program 1

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006693

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

DVD [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

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Australia, 2004

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