Charlie's Country

Charlie's Country
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRolf de Heer
Written byRolf de Heer
David Gulpilil
Produced byRolf de Heer
Peter Djigirr
Nils Erik Nielsen
StarringDavid Gulpilil
Luke Ford
CinematographyIan Jones
Edited byTania Nehme
Music byGraham Tardif
Release dates
  • 12 October 2013 (2013-10-12) (Adelaide)
  • 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22) (Cannes)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguagesYolngu 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]

  1. ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Un Certain Regard 2014 Awards". Festival de Cannes 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Festival : Le FIFDH s'est achevé sur une affluence record - Culture - tdg.ch". tdg.ch/. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Oscars: Australia Selects 'Charlie's Country' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 October 2014.