Charlie's Country

Charlie's Country
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRolf de Heer
Written byRolf de Heer
David Gulpilil
Produced byRolf de Heer
Peter Djigirr
Nils Erik Nielsen
StarringDavid Gulpilil
Luke Ford
CinematographyIan Jones
Edited byTania Nehme
Music byGraham Tardif
Release dates
  • 12 October 2013 (2013-10-12) (Adelaide)
  • 22 May 2014 (2014-05-22) (Cannes)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguagesYolngu Matha
English

Charlie's Country is a 2013 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where David Gulpilil won the award for Best Actor. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and awarded the Best Fiction Prize and the Youth Jury Prize at the 2015 International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva.

The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.