Unfinished Sky

AWARDS:

Official selection Toronto Int. Film Festival 2007, Contemporary World Cinema

Audience Award, Brisbane International Film Festival 2007

Best Film Award, Method fest, 2008

Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2008

AFI Award winner for Best Lead Actor 2008

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress 2008

AFI Award for Best Cinematography 2008

AFI Award for Best Sound 2008

AFI Award for Best Original Music Score 2008

IF Award for Best Director 2008

Qld Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor 2008

IF Award for Best Actress 2008

IF Award for Best Script 2008

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design 2008

Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing 2008

SPAA Independent Feature Film Producer of the Year 2008

FCCA Award for Best Actor 2008

FCCA Award for Best Screenplay 2008

FCCA Award for Best Editor 2008

FCCA Award for Best Music 2008

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When Tahmeena stumbles onto John’s isolated farm, he has no choice but to take her in. An illegal  refugee, she’s been badly beaten and speaks no English. While John’s not inclined to welcome visitors, he’s even less inclined to involve the police.

As they communicate through signs, pictures and a gradual understanding of each other’s language, John and Tahmeena both begin to recover their faith in themselves and their trust in humanity.

Tahmeena brings the homestead back to life, reopening John’s eyes to the beauty of his land. In return, John tries to track down the daughter Tahmeena sent ahead from war-ravaged Afghanistan.

With renewed confidence, they step out of the sanctuary of the farm, but in doing so, reveal themselves to the violent criminals who’ve been looking for Tahmneena.

Unfinished Sky is a powerful, poetic and sensual love story that peels away layers of hurt and mistrust to reveal the beauty of freedom, hope and choice.

Produced in association with IdtV Film (Netherlands)

Writer/Director:       Peter Duncan (Children of the Revolution, Passion, Little Bit of

                                                    Soul, Hell has Harbour Views)

Producers:              Cathy Overett and Anton Smit

Exec. Producers:     San Fu Maltha and Mark Overett

Co-Producers:         Tom Hoffie and Hanneke Niens

Cast:                      William McInnes (Look Both Ways)

                              Monic Henrickx  (The Moving True Story of A Woman Ahead of

                                                       Her Time)

DOP:                       Robert Humphreys                       

Status:                    Complete

Budget                    $AUD4.3m

Production:              2007

Sales:                     Fortissimo Films

Distribution:             Palace Films (Aust/NZ), A Film (Benelux), Queen Imperial

                              PTE Limited (Indonesia)    

Reviews for Unfinished Sky

'4 Stars.'
David Stratton – ABC’s At The Movies

'4 Stars... [a] beguiling puzzle of the heart.'
Sandra Hall – Sydney Morning Herald

‘Simply flawless…a masterpiece’.
Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons

'It's the delicate love story that lingers.'
Margaret Pomeranz, ABC's At the Movies

'Finely crafted meller.'
Variety

'Anchored by two outstanding performances, Unfinished Sky is an engaging and intriguing drama. It is engaging for its characters and intriguing for its unpredictable story.'

Andrew L Urban, Urban Cinefile