The New Boy
2023
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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 .
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- Beck Cole (1999–c.2017)
- Freda Glynn (mother)
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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- Annabel Brady-Brown
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 29, 2020 · Australian television. This article is more than 3 years old. ‘A battery drain on my mind, body and soul’: Warwick Thornton on why he needed to escape in The Beach. The Samson and Delilah and...
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- Luke Buckmaster
Feb 18, 2018 · An Interview With Australia's Filmic Conscience: Warwick Thornton. The filmmaker behind "Samson and Delilah" explains why he doesn't know what an Indigenous filmmaker is, and hopes he never...
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Nov 2, 2022 · Decolonizing Australian Cinema: A Conversation with Warwick Thornton. By Beatrice Loayza. Interviews —. Nov 2, 2022. Share. W hen Warwick Thornton’s feature debut, Samson and Delilah, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, the acclaim it received helped revolutionize the world of Australian film.
