Girt by Sea

Girt by Sea (2014)

Girt By Sea is a cinematic love letter to the coastline of Australia - a poetic celebration of our connection to the sea as documented through archival footage over the past 100 years.

Date of release
2014-02-11
Runtime
59m
Genres
Documentary, History, Music
Director
Shane McNeil

Interesting facts

Girt by Sea is a 2014 documentary film about the Australian coast which combines archive and crowd-sourced footage with an original soundtrack by The Panics. It was directed by Shane McNeil and co-produced by Heather Croall and Kate Separovich.

Production

The film, written by Shane McNeil and co-produced by Heather Croall and Kate Separovich, follows the format of From the Sea to the Land Beyond, a similar history of the UK coastline based on archival material, backed by a soundtrack by British Sea Power, co-produced by Heather Croall.

The film was commissioned by ABC TV Arts, Perth International Arts Festival, ScreenWest, Screen Australia, and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). It was directed by Shane McNeil. It was made using footage from the NFSA and ABC archives, along with crowd-sourced home movies contributed through social media.

The title comes from a line in the Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, "Our home is girt by sea" ("girt" meaning surrounded).

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