An Australian Summer

Australia, 1987

Film

A gentle comedy exploring, on a humorous and compassionate level, the shifting relationships within an Australian family over two decades, 1960-1980. The complexities of a family relationship where love as a binding force is tested by disappointment, are evocatively portrayed with a deft mixture of humour and poignancy.

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Credits

producer/director

Megan Simpson

Duration

00:42:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017558

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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

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

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1 times

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