Australian director Rolf de Heer also writes and produces the films he directs. Works include Ten Canoes (2009) (Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival and Australia’s Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination), Dance Me To My Song (1998) and The Quiet Room (1996) (both in Official Competition, Cannes Film Festival), Alexandra’s Project (2003) (Competition, Berlin Film Festival), The Tracker (2002) (Competition, Venice Film Festival), The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) and Bad Boy Bubby (1993) (Special Jury Prize and four other prizes, Venice Film Festival). His film Charlie’s Country, the third of his collaborations with renowned indigenous actor David Gulpilil, won Best Actor in Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was also Australia’s nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
