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Claire McCarthy

About

Writer, director, producer and visual artist, Claire McCarthy has been making internationally acclaimed short films and documentaries for over a decade. Her feature film, The Waiting City, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for three Film Critics Circle Awards, an ADG award, won two IF Awards and has sold to almost 40 territories around the world.

Claire’s first feature, Cross Life, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, screened at Pusan in Korea and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award at the 2007 IF Awards. Her documentary, Sisters, was broadcast on ABC and distributed internationally.

Past Events

Long, Clear View: Tim Winton's The Turning

Shaun Gladwell, Claire McCarthy, Tony Ayres, Jonathan auf der Heide, Tim Winton, Jub Clerc, Ian Meadows, Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Robert Connolly, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, Justin Kurzel, Sandy George

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