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Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. His debut feature film Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards .
Jun 28, 2023 · The director and star of the film, set in 1940s Australia, discuss its themes of survival, spirituality and colonisation. The New Boy is Thornton's fifth feature, inspired by his own experiences at a remote mission school.
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Warwick Thornton is an Australian filmmaker who has worked on Samson & Delilah, Sweet Country and The Beach. He was born in Alice Springs in 1970 and has won 42 awards and received 43 nominations for his work.
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May 22, 2020 · Warwick Thornton: the man and his demons, alone together. No alcohol, no red carpets and no parties. This celebrated filmmaker's search for redemption led him to self-exile in a tin shack on a remote Western Australian beach. Tim Elliott. May 22, 2020. “It’s important to slow down and look at your life,” says Warwick Thornton.
May 18, 2023 · The Australian director talks about his personal story, his cast, his score and his next project. 'New Boy' is a drama about an Aboriginal child in a monastery, starring Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair.
Jul 4, 2023 · Set in 1940s Australia, the film opens with an unnamed Indigenous boy (newcomer Aswan Reid) being captured by authorities and transported – via hessian sack – to a remote Christian...
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Nov 2, 2022 · Thornton immerses viewers in these outsider experiences with an unflinching gaze, inviting Indigenous Australians to stake out a place of their own in the country’s film industry.
