The Beneficiary Explained

The Beneficiary is a 1997 Australian crime thriller short film directed by Graeme Burfoot.^[1]

The film was aired at several international film festivals, such as the Torino Film Festival, the Cork Film Festival, the Tampere International Short Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Barry Otto as Lenart Dunbar
• Helene Joy as Helen Desaree^[4]

Accolades

• Winner of 1997 Australian Film Institute's Animal Logic Award for Best Short Fiction Film^{[5] [6]}
• Winner of 1998 Palm Springs International Film Festival of Short Films Best Live Action Under 15 minutes award^[7]
• Short-listed in final ten shorts at 1999 Academy Awards^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Beneficiary. Screen Australia. 22 October 2017.
2. Web site: Australian Film Commission - Appendix A. National Library of Australia. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20001114130000/http:/www.afc.gov.au/about/corpora/annrep/ar97_98/pdfs/ar_3.pdf. 14 November 2000. bot: unknown. 22 October 2017. dmy-all.
3. News: Australian Films and Multimedia at Overseas Festivals. August–September 1998. AFC News. 22 October 2017. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080217230000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15409/20080218-1000/www.afc.gov.au/archive/afcnewspdf/175.pdf. 17 February 2008. bot: unknown. Australian Film Commission. dmy-all.
4. Web site: The Beneficiary (1997). https://web.archive.org/web/20171022153135/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81a15e97. dead. 22 October 2017. British Film Institute. 22 October 2017.
5. Web site: AFI Past Winners - 1997 Winners & Nominees . AFI-AACTA . 24 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104053151/http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx . 4 January 2015 .
6. Web site: Australian Film Institute Awards 1997. Australian Television Information Archive. 22 October 2017.
7. Web site: ShortFest Awards Archive. Palm Springs International Film Society. https://archive.today/20120907200548/http://www.psfilmfest.org/archive/shortfestawards.aspx. 7 September 2012. dead. 22 October 2017. dmy-all.
8. Web site: About Graeme. Graeme Burfoot. 22 October 2017.