Palm Beach : After five years seeking funds for another experimental feature , Thoms received a loan from the Creative Development Fund to make a tripartite narrative '' Palm Beach '' ( 1979 ) , concerning an out-of-work surfer , a drug dealer , and a runaway teenage girl . Shot with a single take for each scene , it had a complex sound montage , in which sounds and dialogue overlapped from scene-to-scene , and were united by talk radio , which gave cohesion to the differing suburbs of Sydney 's Northern Beaches , where the characters lived . It shared first prize for Best Australian Film at the Adelaide Film Festival , was nominated for Best Screenplay in the Australian Film Awards , was sold to German Television , and was released on video in the US
Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
Albie Thoms