AN ISLAND CALLING
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
On July 1, 2001, John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener were killed in their home in Suva Fiji. John, from an old European-Fiji family and educated in New Zealand, was the Director-General of the Fiji Red Cross and worked as a go-between in the hostage crisis during the coup of 2000.
This feature documentary An Island Calling is based on the book “Deep Beyond the Reef” by John’s brother Owen, and traces the extraordinary and colorful story of the Scott family, the political crises that have marked Fiji’s recent history right up to the present day, the killings and their aftermath, and the complex mix of tribal authority and democracy that exists in the Pacific.
“An Island Calling is a smart, engrossing dissection of the shocking 2001 murders of Fiji Red Cross boss John Scott and his partner.”
– Peter Calder, New Zealand Herald
DVD available. Contact for more information.
DIRECTOR & PRODUCER
Annie Goldson
WRITERS
Annie Goldson & Owen Scott
LINE PRODUCER
Briar March
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Wayne Vinten
EDITORS
Bill Toepfer & Eric de Beus
AWARDS
South Pacific Pictures Award for Achievement in Film - WIFT 2008
Winner, Best Documentary - Qantas Film & TV Awards 2008
Winner, Achievement in Camera - Qantas Film & TV Awards 2008
Finalist, Achievement in Directing - Qantas Film & TV Awards 2008
Winner, Grand Prix - FIFO 2009
Best Documentary - Out Takes International Film Festival 2010
Best Documentary & Best Director - Madrid LesGai International Film Festival 2010
FESTIVALS
World Cinema Showcase
Hotdocs 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
Sydney International Film Festival 2008
Newfest 2009
FIPATEL 2009
FIFO 2009
Seattle International Film Festival 2009
BROADCAST
TV3 (NZ), SBS (Aus), TV O (France), Israel TV1 & Maori Television Service
DATE
2008
