''Boxing Day'' is a 2007 Australian film directed by

Kriv Stenders Kriv Stenders is an Australian writer, film producer, and director, best known for his 2011 film '' Red Dog'' (2011) and the 2014 thriller film '' Kill Me Three Times''. His new film '' The Correspondent'', based on a memoir by Australian journ ...

Synopsis

The film blends

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

with fiction, as it shows 82 minutes in the life of an

ex-convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convicts ...

and

recovering alcoholic Alcoholism is the continued Alcoholic beverage, drinking of alcohol (drug), alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of Substance dependence, dependence and Drug withdrawal, withdrawal. Problematic use of alco ...

. Pomeranz, Margaret and Stratton, Davidbr>"Boxing Day" at ''At the Movies''
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Cast

* Richard Green as Chris * Tammy Anderson as Donna * Syd Brisbane as Dave * Stuart Clark as Owen * Catriona Hadden as Cathy * Misty Sparrow as Brooke * Ming Jeng Chew as himself

Production

It was partly funded by the

Adelaide Film Festival The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in movie theater, cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented wikt:Special:Search/biennial, biennially in March from 2 ...

. Only one professional actor, Syd Brisbane, is used in the film, and much of the script is improvised. The 82 minutes are shot in 12 takes.

Release

The film premiered at the third edition of the Adelaide Film Festival in 2007.

Accolades

''Boxing Day'' was nominated for the

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for ''Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique'') is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the worl ...

and International Feature Award at the

, Best Direction in a Feature film at the

Australian Directors Guild The Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) is an industry guild representing the interests of film, television, commercials and digital media directors, including documentary makers and animators, throughout Australia. With its headquarters in Sydney ...

's ADG Awards, and

IF Awards The IF Awards, formerly known as the Inside Film Awards, Lexus Inside Film Awards, Kodak IF Awards, and Jameson IF Awards, was an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry. Its name derives from its origins at ...

for Best Acting (Richard Green) and Best Direction. Green won an acting award at the Montréal Festival of New Cinema, with a special mention to Stenders for direction. It was selected by the ADG for entry to the

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of Film director, film and Television director, television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Dir ...

's Directors Finder Series in 2007.

References

External links

* Australian documentary films Films directed by Kriv Stenders 2000s English-language films Australian drama films 2000s Australian films English-language documentary films {{2000s-Australia-film-stub