Ten Canoes

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Ten Canoes is a 2006 Australian film, spoken largely in Indigenous Australian languages, that tells an ancestral story of the Yolngu people and is acclaimed for its culturally authentic portrayal of Aboriginal life.

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Ten Canoes canonical 2
film Ten Canoes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian film
film
independent film
awardReceived AFI Award for Best Cinematography
AFI Award for Best Direction
AFI Award for Best Film
AFI Award for Best Screenplay
surface form: AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay

Jury Prize (Un Certain Regard)
surface form: Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
basedOn story by David Gulpilil
cinematographyBy Ian Jones
coDirector Peter Djigirr
colorProcess black-and-white sequences
color sequences
countryOfOrigin Australia
depictsCulture Yolngu people
director Rolf De Heer
surface form: Rolf de Heer
distributor Palace Films
editedBy Tania Nehme
filmingLocation Arafura Swamp
genre adventure film
drama film
historical film
language English
Ganalbingu dialect
Yolngu Matha
musicBy Liam Egan
Tom E. Lewis
narrativeStructure story within a story
narrator David Gulpilil
notableFor culturally authentic portrayal of Aboriginal life
use of Indigenous Australian languages
premiereEvent Cannes Film Festival
premiereYear 2006
producer Rolf De Heer
surface form: Rolf de Heer
productionCompany Vertigo Productions
releaseYear 2006
runtimeMinutes 90
screenwriter Ian Jones
Rolf De Heer
surface form: Rolf de Heer
setInPeriod pre-colonial Australia
setInRegion Arnhem Land
starring Crusoe Kurddal
David Gulpilil
surface form: Jamie Gulpilil

Richard Birrinbirrin
storyBy Rolf De Heer
surface form: Rolf de Heer
theme Aboriginal culture
jealousy
kinship
law and custom
storytelling

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Ramingining featuredIn Ten Canoes
this entity surface form: film Ten Canoes