30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: World Children´s Film Panorama

Blueback (2022) 12

Australia | 2022 | 102 min.

The extraordinary beauty of the world's oceans and their inhabitants in a coming-of-age film. The story focuses on little Abby, who befriends a beautiful wild blue groper while scuba diving. When Abby realizes the fish is in danger, she remembers her mother, an activist and conservationist, and stands up to poachers to save her friend. And here begins her lifelong journey to save the world's coral reefs.

CountryAustralia
Year2022
Duration102 min
Rating12
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Robert Connolly
Screenplay Robert Connolly
Director of Photography Andrew Commis
Music Nigel Westlake
Edited by Nick Meyers
Contact Forum Film Czech Republic & Slovakia

Biography

Screenwriter, director and producer from Australia. He graduated from theater studies at the University New South Wales and the Australian Film, TV and Radio School. He debuted with the feature drama The Bank (2001), and directed the films Paper Planes (2014), The Dry (2020), and others.

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