Director Robert Connolly
Writers Robert Connolly & Steve Worland
Producers Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney, Maggie Miles
Cast Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Julian Dennison, Deborah Mailman, David Wenham
Paper Planes is a 2015 Australian children’s drama film directed by Robert Connolly, which he co-wrote with Steve Worland and co-produced with Liz Kearney and Maggie Miles. The film stars Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman, Julian Dennison and Ed Oxenbould. The film tells a story about Dylan, a young boy who lives in Australia, who finds out that he has a talent for making paper planes and dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
It opened in Australian cinemas in January 2015 and grossed A$9.61 million at the Australian box office by the end of its run – one of the highest grossing Australian films that year.