Ten Canoes (2006)
A man teaches his younger brother an important lesson through an ancient fable in this period comedy drama shot in remote Arnhem Land, Australia, and the first feature film made in Aboriginal language.
Ten Canoes from writer director Rolf de Heer and the indigenous community of Ramingining, was filmed in spectacular and dangerous locations in Australia’s Northern Territory. The film earned an exceptional reception at festivals world-wide and was successful at the Australian box office earning $3.5m in 2006. Ten Canoes was Australia’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2007 Academy Awards.
Awards, Festivals, Sales/Releases:
- Winner, Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, Cannes International Film Festival 2006
- Winner, Best Film, Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2006
- Winner, Best Film, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006
- Winner, Grand Prix Award, Ghent International Film Festival 2006
- Winner, NatFilm Festival Copenhagen Audience Award 2006
- Nominated, Best Film, IF Awards 2006
- Adelaide Festival of Arts, Closing Night, March 2006
- AFI Festival, Los Angeles, USA, November 2006
- Amiens International Film Festival, France, November 2006
- Around the World in 14 Films Festival, Germany, December 2006
- Aspen Film Festival, USA, September 2006
- Austin Film Festival, USA, October 2006
- Australian Film Festival, Tokyo Japan, October 2006
- Australian Film Season, Barbican Centre, London UK, March 2007
- Bahamas International Film Festival, USA, December 2006
- Berlin International Film Festival 2013, NATIVe indigenous retrospective
- Brighton Film Festival, UK, November 2006
- Bristol, UK, March 2007
- Cardiff Screen Festival, UK, November 2006
- Chicago International Film Festival, USA, October 2006
- Cleveland International Film Festival, USA March 2007
- Cork Film Festival, UK, October 2006
- Denver International Film Festival, USA, November 2006
- Edmonton Film Festival, Canada, September 2006
- Festival des Antipodes, St Tropez France, October 2006
- Festival Nouveau Cinema – Montreal International Festival New Cinema and New Media, Canada, October 2006
- Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, Belgium, October 2006
- Green Mountain Film Festival. Vermont, USA, March 2007
- Haugesund- The Norwegian International Film Festival, August 2006
- Telluride International Film Festival, USA September 2006
- Hawaii International Film Festival USA, October 2006
- High Falls Film Festival, Rochester USA, November 2006
- Hof International Film Days, Germany, October 2006
- Hong Kong Australian Film Festival, September 2006
- International Environment Festival Paris, France, November 2006
- International Film Festival of India, Goa, December 2006
- Inverness Film Festival, Scotland, November 2006
- Isola del Cinema, Rome Italy, July 2006
- Keswick Film Festival, UK, February 200
- La Rochelle, France, July 2006
- Lama Film Festival, France, July 2006
- Leeds International Film Festival, UK, November 2006
- London International Film Festival, UK, October 2006
- Lyon Festival Hors-Ecran, France, October 2006
- Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina, March 2007
- Mount Shasta International Film Festival, USA September 2007
- Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, October 2006
- Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea, October 2006
- Rio International Film Festival, Brazil, September 2006
- San Diego Film Festival, USA, October 2006
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, October 2006
- St Louis International Film Festival, USA November 2006
- Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, November 2006
- Sydney Film Festival, opening night, May 2006
- Auckland & Wellington Film Festivals, New Zealand, July 2006
- Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh USA, November 2006
- Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, Visions Section, September 2006
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, September 2006
- Warsaw International Film festival, Poland, November 2006
- Woodstock Film festival, USA, December 2006
- Sold to 12 territories including US, UK, Germany, France and Italy