Griff the Invisible | |
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Directed by | Leon Ford |
Written by | Leon Ford |
Produced by | Nicole O'Donohue |
Starring | Ryan Kwanten Maeve Dermody Toby Schmitz Heather Mitchell |
Cinematography | Simon Chapman |
Edited by | Karen Johnson |
Music by | Sep Caton Lee Devaney Larissa Rate |
Production company | Green Park Pictures |
Distributed by | Transmission Films Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[2] |
Box office | $147,831[3] |
Griff the Invisible is a 2010 Australian romantic superhero comedy-drama film written and directed by Leon Ford. Its storyline centres on a socially awkward office worker bullied by his workmates during the daytime and turning himself at nighttime into a superhero who roams the streets of his neighbourhood and protects the innocent.
Griff the Invisible had its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was well received by audiences "who seemed charmed by this offbeat tale".[4] It also screened at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival in February 2011 in the "generation" sidebar[5] where it was well received by a predominantly teenage crowd.[6] The film won the AACTA award for Best Original Screenplay.