| One Night the Moon | |
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| Directed by | Rachel Perkins |
| Written by | John Romeril Rachel Perkins |
| Produced by | Kevin Lucas Paul Humfress Aanya Whitehead |
| Starring | Paul Kelly |
| Cinematography | Kim Batterham |
| Edited by | Karen Johnson |
| Music by | Paul Kelly Kev Carmody Mairead Hannan |
| Distributed by | Dendy Films |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical film made for television, starring husband-and-wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, along with their daughter Memphis Kelly. The film was directed by Rachel Perkins and co-written by Perkins with John Romeril. In 2009 Romeril adapted the script as a musical theatre work.
Kelton Pell portrayed an Aboriginal tracker, Albert Yang, with Ruby Hunter playing his wife, who searches for the missing child. Musical score was by Kelly, Kev Carmody and Mairead Hannan, and with other artists they also contributed to the soundtrack. The film won ten awards, including two Australian Film Institute Awards.