DOCUMENTARY, 2024
SYNOPSIS:
Could Australia’s past help secure its future? 65,000 years in the making, Burnt Country is about fighting fire, with fire. Exploring the profound knowledge and wisdom of First Nations, this film is an invitation to connect to country and community.
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CREATIVES:
- PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kirsten Slemint
- EDITOR: Piotr Zuchniewicz
- MUSIC BY: Umberto Gaudino
CAST: James Shaw
AWARDS:
2024 Film Festivals:
- Honourable Mention, Wild and Working Lands Festival
- Official Selection, IWFF – Int. Wildlife Film Festival
- Best Student Film, Frome International Climate Film Festival
- Best Int. Short Doc, UAFF – Int. Disaster Film Festival
- Longlist, One World Media
- Best Short Doc, A&E – Accessibility and Environment Film Festival
- Longlist, Yugo Student BAFTA
- Official Selection, Naturvision Film Festival
- Official Selection, Earth Connection Film Festival
- Best UK Student Short, Sunrise Film Festival
- Second Place Winner, Yale Environment 360 Film Awards
- Official Selection, FIIN – Festival Internacional de Imagem de Natureza
- Special Award Nominee, Vaasa Wildlife Festival
- Official Selection, Clare Island Film Festival
- Finalist, Student Academy Awards
- Official Selection, SFiFF – Santa Fe International Film Festival
- Official Selection, WCFF – Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
- Finalist, AIFF – Australian Independent Film Festival
- Official Selection, SCAD Savannah Film Festival
- Official Selection, Festival de Ménigoute
- Official Selection, Canberra Short Film Festival
- Special Mention, Earth in Focus Singapore Nature Film Festival
- Shortlist, Grierson Documentary Awards
- Commended, Ealing Film Festival
- Finalist, ALTEFF – All Living Things Environmental Film Festival
- Official Selection, Novella Film Festival
2025 Film Festivals:
- Finalist, SIMA – Social Impact Media Awards
- Official Selection, Crossroads Film Festival
- Official Selection, Cinema Verde
- Official Selection, Bass Coast Shorts
- Honourable Mention, Beeston Film Festival
- Official Selection, Planet LensBest Documentary, Sparrowland Short Film Festival
- Shortlist, Sony Future Filmmaker Awards
- Sustainability Award, Sony x CREO x World Photography Organisation x United Nations
- Honourable Mention, Brighton Rocks Int. Film Festival
- Official Selection, Future World Film Festival
- Official Selection, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival
- Official Selection, Nottingham Film Festival
