Made @ FTI
- Overview
- Categories
The Water Was Dark And It Went Forever Down
- Year
- 2008
- Director
- Khrob Edmonds / Miranda Edmonds
- Producer
- Kate Beverley
- Writer
- Miranda Edmonds
- Duration
- 12mins
- Genre
- Drama
During a holiday at the beach, a young girl tries to escape the drowning influence of her alcoholic mother. The girl swims to an island inhabited only by birds. It is there she realises that only the strong survive.
Based on a short story of the same name by Western Australia author Tim Winton.
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
- Rhode Island International Film Festival
- International Film Festival of Ireland
- South African International Film Festival
- Zagreb International Film Festival 2009 (Croatia)
- Istanbul International Short Film Festival 2009 (Turkey)
- Bridgetown Stream Dreaming Digital Media Arts and Film Festival 2010
- St Kilda Film Festival 2010
- Dungog Film Festival 2010
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
- Canadian International Annual Film Festival 2009 – 3rd Place, Independent Narrative category
Key Creative Crew
Director of Photography Katie Milwright
Production Designer Emma Fletcher
Sound Designer Richard Mahony
Sound Recordist Ben Beverley
Editor Sarah Clarke
Original Short Story Tim Winton




