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WATER
- Year
- 2009
- Director
- Corrie Jones
- Producer
- Sarah Shaw
- Writer
- Corrie Jones, Sarah Shaw and Ian Meadows
- Duration
- 18mins
Toby yearns for a life like any other eight-year-old kid. But his mentally disabled father is a constant reminder that life for Toby, will never be normal.
WATER is a film about a young boy’s struggle to accept his fears, his mentally disabled father and his possible future duty.
NOMINATIONS
- 23rd WA Screen Awards – Nomination Best Film
AWARDS / SCREENINGS
- Winner AFI Awards 2009 – Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft, Andrew McLeod (Cinematography)
- Nomination AFI Awards 2009 – Best Screenplay (Short Film) & Best Short Fiction Film
- Sydney International Film Festival June 2009
- Melbourne International Film Festival – Accelerator program
After the AFI Award nomination for Best Short Fiction Film (which Andrew Mcleod won), Water has been invited to screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival as part of the Accelerator program.
Accelerator selects 14 short films from around Australia and New Zealand (and for the first time this year, Denmark) which screen in two programs on the opening weekend of the festival.




