Touch the Sun : The Gift

Episode of Series ‘Touch the Sun’.
Nicos and Sofia, two city kids, strike it lucky in a lottery. Their prize is five hundred hectares of beautiful bushland in Western Australia. Together with their grandfather the children travel West to discover the mystery and magic of their land not expecting to discover a darker side to their new found fortune.

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Credits

director

Paul Cox

producer

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

production company

Australian Children's Television Foundation

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Appears in

Group of items

Touch the Sun Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324010

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1988

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