Jim Loach’s latest film, the UK/Australia co-production Oranges and Sunshine will open this year’s Dungog Film Festival.
The project was produced by the UK’s Camilla Bray, with Australia’s See-Saw Films (Emile Sherman and Iain Canning). It has been released in the UK to mostly positive reviews and a box office of £177,646 in its first two weeks.
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, an inspirational social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the UK to Australia.The film stars Emily Watson as Humphreys, with Hugo Weaving and David Wenham rounding out this stellar cast.
The Dungog Film Festival will be held on May 26-29, 2011 in Dungog, (Hunter Valley), NSW, Australia.