LET THE BALOON GO 1976
Written by the novelist Ivan Southall, Producer Dick Mason, Director Oliver Howes.
78 mins, 35 mm.
A children’s story about a boy’s hard-won independence. It was shot on location near Bathurst, NSW, and was released through Fox-Hoyts in Australia. It has been widely exhibited in the USA, and sold in many countries in Europe and South America.
Silver Medal at the Festival of the Americas
Special citation, Belgrade Film Festival.
WOKABAUT BILONG TONTEN 1974
Written and directed by Oliver Howes
Produced by Don Murray
87 mins, 16 mm and 35 mm blow-up.
A film shot on location in Papua New Guinea with an all-New-Guinean speaking Melanesian Pidgin, and sub-titled in English. The theme is the newly emerging nation. It’s a story of a young village man Tonten, the death of his wife, his journey from the north coast across the country to find his long-lost brother-in-law, and his second marriage to a Highlands woman.
Special citation, AFI Awards, 1975.
SAY YOU WANT ME 1977
Executive Producer Dick Mason, Producer Don Murray
Writer Laura Jones
75 mins
A Nine Network and Film Australia coproduction. The story is of a radio presenter’s wife who is raped by one of her husband’s influential work associates. The marriage is rocked by the resulting conflicts.
Sammy Award to Belinda Giblin for Best Actress in a television performance, 1977.