The Beneficiary

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The Beneficiary
Directed byGraeme Burfoot
Written byGraeme Burfoot
Produced byJude Lengel
Starring Hélène Joy
Barry Otto
Edited byPeter Blaxland
Music byStephen Rae
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Beneficiary is a 1997 Australian crime thriller short film directed by Graeme Burfoot. [1]

Contents

The film was aired at several international film festivals, such as the Torino Film Festival, the Cork Film Festival, the Tampere International Short Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival. [2] [3]

Cast

Accolades

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