Thanks for that info Roland. Congratulations to Canada!
Australia had a win at Cannes as well. Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton won the Camera d'Or for
Samson and Delilah - voted the best first feature film across all sections of the festival, beating 25 others.
The film is a beautiful yet brutal love story set on a remote Aboriginal community in Alice Springs. It deals with the harsh realities faced by those living in Australia’s hundreds of Aboriginal communities, including petrol sniffing, destitution and violence.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N69RgtW6S8o[/youtube]
Here is an interesting round-up of Cannes by Australia’s leading film commentator David Stratton.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25536705-16947,00.html