Inside the Firestorm
| Inside the Firestorm | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jacob Hickey |
| Written by | Jacob Hickey |
| Produced by | Alex West Lucy Maclaren |
| Narrated by | Hugo Weaving |
| Cinematography | Alan Cole Jaems Grant Simon Ozolins Peter Zakharov |
| Edited by | Steven Robinson |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Inside the Firestorm is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Jacob Hickey. It was a look back at the Black Saturday bushfires. Hickey interviewed eight families who survived and told their stories through the interviews, file footage and survivors own footage. It also explored the factors that lead severity of the blazes. It aired on the ABC on the first anniversary of the fires.[1][2][3]
Awards
[edit]- 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards[4]
- Best Direction in a Documentary - Jacob Hickey - won[5]
- Best Editing in a Documentary - Steven Robinson - won[5]
- Best Sound in a Documentary - Tristan Meredith, Jock Healy, A.J. Bradford - won[5]
- Best Feature Length Documentary - Lucy Maclaren and Alex West - nominated[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Anderson, Brigid (4 February 2010), "Inside the Firestorm: one year on", ABC News
- ↑ Murphy, Jacqueline (1 March 2010), "Documentary review. Inside the Firestorm", Bush Fire Bulletin
- ↑ Kalina, Paul (4 February 2010), "Black day seared in our memories", The Age
- ↑ Maddox, Garry (11 December 2010), "Crime and poetry unite for one night to dominate AFI awards", The Sydney Morning Herald
- 1 2 3 "AFI Industry Award Winners Announced", If, 13 December 2010
- ↑ "AFI announces non-feature noms", SBS Film, 12 July 2010