Charlie’s gets the clap

Rolf de Heer’s Charlies Country received an extended standing ovation at its Cannes Un Certain Regard screening on Thursday 22nd May. The screening was attended by director/writer/producer Rolf de Heer, producer/actor Peter Djigirr, producer Nils Erik Nielsen, executive producers Domenico Procacci and Sue Murray, and cinematographer Ian Jones ACS. Rave reviews followed soon after with Hollywood Reporter’s critique…

New Charlie’s Country trailer

A new trailer for Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country was released yesterday via The Sydney Morning Herald. The new trailer has a few new clips but still has the same incredibly slow pace of the first trailer released last year. Charlie’s Country will be released mid July this year. You can watch the trailer here.

New Charlie’s Country clip

Written by Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil as a collaborative project, Charlie’s Country stars Gulpilil as blackfella Charlie, who is getting older, and is out of sorts. The government’s intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don’t generally make much sense, and…

Focus on 2014: Charlie’s Country

CHARLIE’S COUNTRY STARRING David Gulpilil, Luke Ford & Ritchie Singer DIRECTED BY Rolf de Heer WRITTEN BY Rolf de Heer CINEMATOGRAPHY Ian Jones RELEASE DATE Second Half of 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY It’s master director Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil’s third feature film together after The Tracker and Ten Canoes so how could you not be excited. The trailer is emotionally…