Project Detail

Opal Dreams

Synopsis

Pobby and Dingan are invisible: you don't have to see them to believe them. They live in a harsh wilderness, the opal capital of the world and are friends with Kellyanne. This is the funny, uplifting and touching story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby and Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of film: Features
Format: 35mm
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Producer: Angus Finney, Robert Jones, David Thompson, Ben Rice, Finola Dwyer
Editor: Jim Clark
Screenwriter: Peter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill, based upon the novella by Ben Rice
Director of Photography: Robert Humphreys
Sound: Toivo Lember
Principal cast: Vince Colosimo, Jaqueline McKenzie, Christian Byers, Sapphire Boyce

Genre

Literary Adaption Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Academy Films

16 Central Street
London WC1A 1JJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7395 4155

Sales Company

Becker Films International

Level 1, 11 Waltham Street
Artarmon, NSW 2064
Australia

T +61 2 8425-1163

aliy@beckers.com.au

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www.beckerfilms.com.au

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