''Short Cuts'' was an Australian

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that first screened on the

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in 2001. The 26-episode series was aimed at teenagers. It was financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Burberry Productions.Short Cuts TV Show - Short Cuts Television Show - TV.com
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in March and April 2011.

Premise

Short Cuts depicts a group of students in a media studies class facing the challenges of growing up and using a camera to express themselves for their schoolwork.

Location

The series was filmed at Fitzroy High School in the inner north of

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Cast

* Alex Tsitsopoulos as Ross Papasavas * Gemma Bishop as Sophie Bennett *

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as Oscar Coxon * Katie Barnes as Fiona Frischmann * Alexander Cappelli as Kurt Winters * Leah De Niese as Ruth Hartnell *

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as Anna Klopfer * Dylan Gray as Tim McQuilten * Joel Gray as Tom McQuilten * Matthew Green as Gordon Long * Kym Osborne as office guy

Recurring roles

* Katerina Kotsonis as Mrs Papasavas, Ross's mother * Marcus Eyre as Aaron Winters, Kurt's father * Alex Konis as Laz Papasavas, Ross's brother *

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, writer of the series, guest starred as Josephine Coxon in 2 episodes.

Episodes

One series of ''Short Cuts'' was filmed, and comprised 26 episodes.

Season 1 (2001)

Awards

won an

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in 2002 for ''Short Cuts''.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id= 0280260, name= Short Cuts
Short Cuts - Burberry Productions

Short Cuts
at the Australian Television Information Archive
''Short Cuts'' - "Wheels on Fire"
at

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