Cannes Archive

  • When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

    Warwick Thornton (writer-director-cinematographer) – Samson & Delilah

    When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton...

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  • Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode...

    Terence Davies (director) – Of Time and the City

    Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode...

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