Like drowning

Australia, 1998

A moving animated tale about a young family who try to come to terms with the sudden death of one of the children through drowning. The family struggles to cope and adopt drastic changes in their lifestyle in order to come to terms with the ordeal.

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Credits

director

Catherine Murphy

co-producer

Ann Shenfield

Paul Fletcher

Robert Stephenson

production company

Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film and Television

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1998

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315511

Language

English

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Animation

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Death

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Death

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and death

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children's accidents

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Grief

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sudden death - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Death

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children's accidents

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drowning

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Home accidents

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sudden death - Psychological aspects

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

2 times

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