TEN CANOES Is Australia’s Oscar Entry
by Andre Soares
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) has announced that Rolf de Heer‘ and Peter Djigirr’s Ten Canoes, filmed in the indigenous language of Ganalbingu, has been selected as Australia’s official entry for the 2006 Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award.
Set in the distant past, Ten Canoes tells the story of a young man who is attracted to one of his older brother’s wives. The film, Australia’s first indigenous-language production, stars Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Frances Djulibing, and it is narrated by David Gulpilil.
Ten Canoes won the Special Jury Prize of the "Un Certain Regard" sidebar at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and will be screened at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
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