Topic: Warwick Thornton
After nabbing the Camera d'Or award at Cannes in 2009, Warwick Thornton's modest little story about two indigenous teens had been hailed as ground zero for a glorious new wave in Australian cinema. Tragedy does loom large on the horizon ...
Australian indigenous director Warwick Thornton's gritty love story about two petrol-sniffing Aboriginal teenagers shows in France this month, its first major foreign release after stunning festival audiences worldwide. "Samson and Delilah", Thornton's debut feature, released at home and in New ...
Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's " Samson and Delilah", a tale of young love in a troubled indigenous community, was Sunday awarded the Camera d'Or first film prize at the Cannes festival.Thornton's feature takes an unflinching look at the problems ...
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A young man teaches music to a group of Iranian children, an Aboriginal boy in central Australia sniffs glue, a bored group of soldiers hang about smoking until a busload of prisoners arrives to be shot.Alongside the glamour ...
Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton offered Cannes a tale of young love and a no-holds-barred look at the troubles blighting indigenous communities with the film " Samson and Delilah".Showered with awards in Australia, Thornton's first feature follows the slow, shy courtship between ...
SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - Poverty, beatings and debilitating substance abuse stand in for hearts and flowers in Warwick Thornton's Aboriginal romance " Delilah," which focuses on the power of love as a survival tool.While the bleak realities of life in a neglected ...
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Warwick Thornton on 3D beyond Hollywood
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Camera d'Or winner Warwick Thornton ...
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In the second part of our interview with Warwick Thornton ...2011-02-27
