Tasmanian films: Australian feature films shot in or set in or first shown in or partly financed by Tasmania
Departure (Brian Kavanagh, 1985) aka A Pair of Claws; drama set among Tasmanian politics
Dying Breed (Jody Dwyer, 2008) horror; Tasmanian-tiger-seekers encounter cannibals
Hope (Damien Power, AFC Indivision funding 2004) Power is Tasmanian; Serhat Caradee, Daniella Ortega; day in the life of suicidial teenage girl
Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, The (Michael James Rowland, 2008) based on true story of convict cannibal in Tasmania; cf. Van Diemen's Land
Last Tasmanian, The (Tom Haydon, 1978)
Manganinnie (John Honey, 1980) Mawayal Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton; first feature film from the Tasmanian Film Corporation
Sound of One Hand Clapping, The (Richard Flanagan, 1998) wr. Richard Flanagan from his own novel, prod. Rolf de Heer, exec. prod. Steve Vizard, Andrew Knight, Jackie O'Sullivan, dp. Martin McGrath; Kerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek, Rosie Flanagan, Melita Jurisic, Jacek Koman, Evelyn Krape, Essie Davis; 93 min.; Slovenians in Tasmania; mostly positive review by Brian McFarlane, Cinema Papers, 124, May 1998: 36
Tale of Ruby Rose, The (Robert Scholes, 1988) Melita Jurisic, Chris Haywood, Rod Zuanic, Sheila Florance; Tasmania; fur trapper's wife's life of fantasy
They Found a Cave (Andrew Steane, 1962) Visatone Island Pictures; director, most of the cast, and novelist all from Tasmania, where the film was shot; 63 min.
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