| Girl Asleep | |
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| Directed by | Rosemary Myers |
| Screenplay by | Matthew Whittet |
| Based on | Girl Asleep (play) by Matthew Whittet |
| Produced by | Jo Dyer |
| Starring | Bethany Whitmore Harrison Feldman Imogen Archer Tilda Cobham-Hervey Eamon Farren Matthew Whittet Amber McMahon Maiah Stewardson |
| Cinematography | Andrew Commis ACS |
| Edited by | Karryn de Cinque |
| Music by | Luke Smiles Harry Covill |
| Distributed by | Kojo Group |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$1,500,000[1] |
| Box office | $211,637[2] |
Girl Asleep is a 2015 Australian surrealist coming-of-age drama film written by Matthew Whittet and directed by Rosemary Myers.[3][4][5] The film has been described as an extroverted fantasy dreamscape of an introverted teenage girl.[6] The film is an adaptation of the successful theatre production, also written by Matthew Whittet,[7] by Windmill Theatre in 2014 of the same name, that premiered at the Adelaide Festival.[8] The cast includes: Bethany Whitmore,[9] Tilda Cobham-Hervey,[10][11] Imogen Archer,[8] Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon, Eamon Farren, scriptwriter Matthew Whittet[8] and Maiah Stewardson.
Girl Asleep showed at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim,[citation needed] and garnered the top prize at CinefestOZ, the richest film prize in Australia.[12]
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- ^ Frost, Vicky (9 March 2014). "Girl Asleep review – 'As inventive and surprising as its audience'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ a b c McDonald, Patrick. "Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Imogen Archer reunite for new film version of Windmill Theatre's Girl Asleep". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Keen, Suzie (12 August 2015). "Adelaide Film Festival highlights announced". Daily Review. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Iannella, Antimo (22 January 2015). "Tilda Cobham-Hervey's new role in the screen version of Windmill Theatre's hit play Girl Asleep". The Advertiser. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Marsh, Walter (12 August 2015). "Adelaide Film Festival 2015 highlights revealed". Rip It Up. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
- ^ Douglas, James Robert (31 August 2016). "Girl Asleep: how an Adelaide theatre company made one of this year's best Australian films". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2021.