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<i>SALT</i> nominated for two 2009 AFI Awards | The College of Fine Arts
<i>SALT</i> nominated for two 2009 AFI Awards | The College of Fine Arts
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SALT nominated for two 2009 AFI Awards
Article released: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
Murray Fredericks at Lake Eyre, South Australia
SALT is a documentary by COFA Master Fine Arts student Murray Fredericks and Michael Angus. Each year for the past six years, for five weeks at a time, photo-artist Murray Fredericks, journeys on a solo pilgrimage to the heart of Lake Eyre in the remote north corner of South Australia. SALT documents the personal journey of the artist, the creative process and the landscape itself.
SALT has been nominated for two 2009 Australian Film Awards (AFI). Murray Fredericks has been nominated for Best Cinematography in a non- feature film and Micheal Angus has been nominated for Best Documentary for SALT.
SALT has already been included in many festivals and awarded many prizes, including:
- Adelaide Film Festival
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Atlanta Film Festival (Winner Ð Best Documentary Short)
- Sydney Film Festival
- AFI Silverdocs (Winner Special Jury Prize)
- Moscow International Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film Festival
- Brisbane International Film Festival
- IDA Docuweeks
- Montreal World Film Festival
- Vladivostok International Film Festival
SALT is Murray’s first project as a cinematographer and director. As a photographer, his major bodies of work have been produced in the Himalayas, Patagonia, Tasmania and, most recently, Lake Eyre.
Murray’s photographs from the Salt series were first exhibited with Andy Goldsworthy’s work at
Boutwell Draper Gallery in Sydney. The series was then shown in Shanghai, in London at Hamiltons
Gallery, and at the Louvre as part of Paris Photo.
For more information on SALT and Murray Fredericks, please visit:
http://www.saltdoco.com/