Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection

Greetings From Wollongong - film still

Greetings From Wollongong (1982)

A new 16mm print of this film is now available on request.
Courtesy of Mary Callaghan and Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia.

National Film and Sound Archive National Collection
Title Number 34587.

Classification: Not classified, use PG rating

Greetings from Wollongong - film still

Synopsis

This dramatised documentary reveals a day in the life of four unemployed adolescents in the steelwork city of Wollongong, NSW, who are faced with an uncertain future. This film captures the mood and experience of urban life in Australia in the 1980s.

Background

The film was awarded the 1982 Rouben Mamoulian Prize, Sydney Film Festival. Awarded the Silver Boomerang at the 1982 Melbourne Film Festival and won for Best Cinematography at the 1982 Australian Film Institute Awards. The film was produced with the assistance of the Women's Film Fund and the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission.

Director
Mary Callaghan

Greetings From Wollongong - film still

Year of Production 1982
Duration 43 minutes
Format 16mm, Colour
Optical Soundtrack Mono

Producer
Nina Saunders

Screenplay
Mary Callaghan

Director of Photography
Louis Irving

Production Design
Michael Callaghan, Marie McMahon

Editor
Tony Stevens

Sound Recordist
John Whitterson

Cast
Tina Waller
Lorraine Palamara
Kevin Bugden
David Horridge