IDFA 2006
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes
Molly Reynolds, Tania Nehme, Rolf de Heer
Australia
2006
52 min
European Premiere
We are making a movie. The story is their story, those that live on this land, in their language, and set a long time before the coming of the Balanda, as we white people are known. For the people of the Arafura Swamp, this film is an opportunity, maybe a last chance to hold on to the old ways. For all of us, the challenges are unexpected, the task beyond anything imagined. For me, it is the most difficult film I have made, in the most foreign land I've been to...and it is Australia. Rolf de Heer, director Ten Canoes
Credits
Production
Editing
Narration
Narrator
Involved TV Channel
SBS Independent,
Special Broadcasting Service
SBS Independent,
Special Broadcasting Service
World Sales
Fandango Australia
Fandango Australia
Distribution for the Netherlands
Cinemien
Cinemien
Screening copy
Fandango Australia
Fandango Australia