Surviving Georgia

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Surviving Georgia
Directed byKate Whitbread
Sandra Sciberras
Written bySandra Sciberras
Produced byKate Whitbread
Spencer McLaren
executive
Shaun Miller
Antony I. Ginnane
Ann Lyons
Aleksandar Vasiljevic
Production
company
Footnote Films
Distributed byMomo Films
Release date
2011
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$700,000 [1]

Surviving Georgia is a 2011 Australian feature film.

Contents

It was shot over five weeks in Melbourne and Warburton in 2009, then shown at the Dungog Film Festival, before being recut. [1]

Premise

Two sisters return to their home town after the death of their mother.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 "Surviving Georgia: Filmmaker Distribution". if Magazine. 6 October 2011.