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Passionless Moments

Directed by Jane Campion
1983
Australia
13 minutes
Unclassified 15+
Winner of the AFI Award for Best Experimental Film, Campion’s collection of awkwardly familiar and embarrassing vignettes, co-written and directed with Gerard Lee (Top of the Lake), went on to wow Cannes audiences. SFF 1985.

'Passionless Moments' is screening with:

Holy Smoke
Sat 17 June, 10:15am, Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Program Strand
Jane Campion Retrospective
Year
1983
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
Australia
Language
In English
Director
Jane Campion
Producer
Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
Cast
Sue Collie, David Benton, Paul Chubb
Screenwriter
Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Cinematographer
Jane Campion
Editor
Veronika Jenet
Genre
Women Directors, Experimental, Australian Films, Focus on Women, Retrospective, Cannes Selected
Company Credits
Rights Holder, Print Source: Australian Film, Television and Radio School

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