National Reconciliation Week Film Series @ Leongatha Library

About Ten Canoes:

A narrator (David Gulpilil) instructs us to pay attention, because he is going to tell us a good story. The story takes place in two periods in the past. In the first story, shot in black-and-white, a young man called Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil) takes part in his first hunt for goose eggs in the Arafura swamp, in central Arnhem Land. As he learns how to build a bark canoe, his older brother tells him a story. This older man, Minygululu (Peter Minygululu) knows that Dayinidi fancies Minygululu’s young and pretty third wife (Cassandra Malangarri Baker), so the story he tells is about the old laws, and a young man who had no wife.

This second story is set in a much older time, and shot in colour, with most of the parts played by the actors from the first story. In this story, Jamie Gulpilil plays Yeeralparil, who fancies the third wife of the warrior Ridjimiraril (Crusoe Kurddal). When this man’s second wife Nowalingu (Frances Djulibing) disappears, Ridjimiraril suspects a stranger, who has been seen near the camp. By mistake, he spears the stranger, but it’s the wrong man. Ridjimiraril must face the man’s relatives, in a ritual payback. He chooses his brother Yeeralparil to stand beside him for the payback. Ridjimiraril is mortally wounded by the spears. When he dies, the custom is that his brother inherits his wives, but these new responsibilities are more than the young man expects.

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SELECTED AWARDS & FESTIVALS

• Awarded Special Jury Prize by the Un Certain Regard Jury, Cannes 2006
• Best Film – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Director – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Director – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Original Screenplay – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Cinematography AFI Awards 2006
• Best Editing – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Sound – AFI Awards 2006
• Best Film – Film Critics Circle of Australia
• Best Editing (Tania Nehme) – Film Critics Circle of Australia
• Shared award for Best Cinematography (Ian Jones) – Film Critics Circle of Australia
• Winner grand prize: Cinema des Antipodes, France, October 2006
• Winner grand prize: Flanders International Film Festival 2006
• Nominated as Australia’s entry to 2006 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film
• Nominated Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Production Design, AFI Awards 2006
• 2006 Film of the Year – Australian Catholic Film Office
• Selected as Opening Night film, 2006 Sydney Film Festival
• Winner Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for best screenplay
• Winner NSW Premier $15,000 Audio Visual History Prize 2006
• Nominated Film Critics Circle Awards 2006 for Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Editing
• Nominated Best Feature, Director, Actor, Cinematography, Script, Sound for IF Awards 2006

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More Information:

This film is the first of three Kanopy documentaries screening at Leongatha Library to commemorate National Reconciliation Week 2024.

• Film 1: Ten Canoes. Screening Tuesday May 28, 5:15pm - 6:45pm.
• Film 2: The Redfern Story. Screening Tuesday May 28, 5:00pm - 6:00pm.
• Film 3: Why Me? Stories from the Stolen Generation. Screening Friday June 2, 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

Bookings are preferred for this event as places are limited, however, walk-ins are warmly welcome.

The film is rated M. Films classified M (Mature) contain content of a moderate impact. M-rated films are not recommended for children under the age of 15. They include portrayals of elements such as violence and themes that require a mature outlook.

If you require more information, please phone us on 5662 4829.

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Myli Community Libraries operates library services across the Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Cardinia and South Gippsland Shires. Visit our website at myli.org.au

Myli Community Libraries is a child-safe organisation.

Myli - My Community Library acknowledges the traditional custodians of the various lands where our services and programs take place. We pay our respect to the Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the long and proud history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, who have nurtured and cared for the waters, skies, and lands that we gather on, for many thousands of years, and continue to do so to this day.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Leongatha Library - Myli - My Community Library, 2 Smith Street, Leongatha, Australia