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.

Accolades

Molly Reynolds and Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer
Best Documentary Feature Film, 2015

Another Country

Best Documentary Feature Film, 2015

Another Country

The legendary Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale of ‘Another Country’, when his people’s thousands-of-years-old way of life was interrupted by a new…

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Rolf de Heer
Achievement in Directing, 2014

Rolf de Heer

Achievement in Directing, 2014

Rolf de Heer

Charlie’s Country

Director Rolf de Heer has been a writer/director of independent feature films for thirty years. His films have been selected to screen In Competition multiple…

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Films

Charlie’s Country
2014

Charlie’s Country

Australia
2014

Charlie’s Country

Special Mention, Best Performance By An Actor, 2014 Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he’s out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult…

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Another Country
2015

Another Country

Australia
2015

Another Country

The legendary Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale of ‘Another Country’, when his people’s thousands-of-years-old way of life was interrupted by a new…

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