Unfinished Sky is a 2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written

Screenwriter

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 and directed

Film director

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 by Peter Duncan. It is based on the 1998 Dutch film De Poolse bruid

The Polish Bride

The Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.-Cast:*Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring*Monic Hendrickx as Anna Krzyzanowska*Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp*Roef Ragas as the son...

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Plot

The film is a story about an Outback

Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".-Overview:The outback is home to a...

 farmer

Farmer

A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...

 (William McInnes

William McInnes

William McInnes is an Australian film and television actor and writer.-Television:After a recurring role on A Country Practice in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as Bligh, Ocean Girl, and Snowy before making his name as Senior Constable Nick Schultz on Blue Heelers in 1994...

) who takes in an Afghani

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 woman (Monic Hendrickx

Monic Hendrickx

Monic Hendrickx is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including three Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of...

) after she escapes from a brothel

Brothel

Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...

. The film takes on many themes of human trafficking

Human trafficking

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 and the sex trade.

Reception

The film was nominated

50th Australian Film Institute Awards nominees and winners

The nominees for the 50th Australian Film Institute Awards were announced in Sydney, Australia, on 29 October 2008. The nominees for Best Documentary, Best Short Fiction Film, and Best Short Animation were announced on 7 August 2008.- Best Film :...

 for 10 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian Film Institute Awards

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 at its 2008 ceremony

50th Australian Film Institute Awards

The 49th Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia on the Nine Network. Geoffrey Rush hosted the show, for the second time. He previously presided over the 48th Australian...

. It won three, including Best Screenplay

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay

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, Best Actress

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

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 (Monic Hendrickx) and Best Actor

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an award in the annual AACTA Awards, presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts...

 (William McInnes).

Unfinished Sky was screened at the opening night of the 2008 Dungog Film Festival

Dungog Film Festival

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