Charlie's Country | |
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Directed by | Rolf de Heer |
Written by | Rolf de Heer David Gulpilil |
Produced by | Rolf de Heer Peter Djigirr Nils Erik Nielsen |
Starring | David Gulpilil Luke Ford |
Cinematography | Ian Jones |
Edited by | Tania Nehme |
Music by | Graham Tardif |
Release dates | |
Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Yolngu Matha English |
Charlie's Country is a 2013 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival[1] where David Gulpilil won the award for Best Actor.[2] It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival[3] and awarded the Best Fiction Prize and the Youth Jury Prize at the 2015 International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva.[4]
The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[5]