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Home APSA Nominees & Winners 2023 Best Youth Film Blueback

Blueback

Nomination Details

Ceremony Year 2023
Film
Blueback
Nomination category
Country
Director
Robert Connolly
Producer
James Grandison, Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney

Nomination Detail

The story follows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mum, Dora, and takes on poachers to save her friend.

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