Facing the Music
Directed byBob Connolly
Robin Anderson
Produced byStefan Moore
StarringAnne Boyd
Winsome Evans
CinematographyBob Connolly
Edited byRay Thomas
Production
companies
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Film Australia
Arundel Productions
Channel Four Television
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$182,900

Facing the Music (2001) is an Australian documentary film directed by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson about the wish of some staff members to keep the University of Sydney Department of Music alive in the face of budget overspending.[1]

The film features a music professor (Anne Boyd) struggling to run a dysfunctional department amidst budget pressures. She has no training or capacity for the fundraising that is required.

At the end of 2004, the Music Department was merged with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2]

Release

Facing the Music grossed $182,901 at the box office in Australia.[3]

The film won the Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2002 for best documentary or true drama, Film Critics Circle of Australia 2002 for Best Australian documentary, and the Awards 2001 for Best Documentary.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Screen Guide: Facing the Music". screenaustralia.gov.au. Screen Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Dean of discord". The Australian. 2008.
  3. ↑ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.


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