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Rolf de Heer
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Amiens International Film Festival (2)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (17)
Australian Film Institute (13)
Australian Writers' Guild (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (3)
Brisbane International Film Festival (1)
Cannes Film Festival (5)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (1)
Ghent International Film Festival (3)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (1)
Hong Kong International Film Festival (1)
Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films (1)
Istanbul Film Festival (1)
Ljubljana International Film Festival (1)
Mar del Plata Film Festival (1)
Montréal World Film Festival (1)
Paris Film Festival (1)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (5)
Venice Film Festival (6)
IF Awards (10)
NatFilm Festival (1)
ARIA Music Awards (1)
Screen Music Awards, Australia (1)
Australian Directors Guild (1)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2)
Telluride Film Festival, US (1)
Adelaide Film Festival (2)
Australian Film Critics Association Awards (4)
FEST International Film Festival (1)
Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes (2)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards (5)
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (2)
46 wins & 54 nominations
Amiens International Film Festival
2014 Winner
Audience Award
Charlie's Country
2006 Winner
Golden Unicorn
Best Film
Ten Canoes
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2024 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Director
The Survival of Kindness
2017 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Documentary
Another Country
Shared with:
Molly Reynolds
·
Peter Djigirr
2015 Winner
FCCA Award
Best Film
Charlie's Country
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
·
Nils Erik Nielsen
2015 Winner
FCCA Award
Best Director
Charlie's Country
2015 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Screenplay
Charlie's Country
Shared with:
David Gulpilil
12 more
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Australian Film Institute
2006 Winner
AFI Award
Best Film
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Julie Ryan
2006 Winner
AFI Award
Best Direction
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
2006 Winner
AFI Award
Best Screenplay - Original
Ten Canoes
2006 Winner
Byron Kennedy Award
2002 Nominee
AFI Award
Best Film
The Tracker
Shared with:
Julie Ryan
8 more
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Australian Writers' Guild
2002 Winner
Awgie Award
Feature Film - Original
The Tracker
Berlin International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Best Film
The Survival of Kindness
2023 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Competition
The Survival of Kindness
2003 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Alexandra's Project
Brisbane International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Chauvel Award
Cannes Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Charlie's Country
2006 Winner
Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize
Ten Canoes
2006 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Ten Canoes
1998 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Dance Me to My Song
1996 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Quiet Room
Chicago International Film Festival
2003 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Alexandra's Project
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
2002 Nominee
CEC Award
Best Screenplay, Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Ghent International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Grand Prix
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
2002 Winner
Best Screenplay
The Tracker
2002 Nominee
Grand Prix
The Tracker
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Critic's Choice Award
Humanity Award
Dance Me to My Song
Hong Kong International Film Festival
2015 Nominee
SIGNIS Award
Charlie's Country
Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films
1995 Winner
Audience Award
Bad Boy Bubby
Istanbul Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Golden Tulip
International Competition
The Survival of Kindness
Ljubljana International Film Festival
2014 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Charlie's Country
Mar del Plata Film Festival
2007 Nominee
Best Film
International Competition
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
Montréal World Film Festival
2003 Winner
Golden Zenith
Best Film from Oceania
Alexandra's Project
Paris Film Festival
2003 Winner
Press Award
The Tracker
Tied with
Le fleuve (2003)
.
Seattle International Film Festival
1994 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Director
Bad Boy Bubby
Valladolid International Film Festival
2003 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Alexandra's Project
2002 Winner
Jury Special Prize
Best Film
The Tracker
2002 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
The Tracker
1998 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Dance Me to My Song
1996 Nominee
Golden Spike
The Quiet Room
Venice Film Festival
2002 Winner
SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention
The Tracker
2002 Nominee
Golden Lion
The Tracker
1993 Winner
Special Golden Ciak
Bad Boy Bubby
1993 Winner
Grand Special Jury Prize
Bad Boy Bubby
1993 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Competition
Bad Boy Bubby
Tied with
Short Cuts (1993)
.
1 more
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IF Awards
2006 Nominee
IF Award
Best Feature Film
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
·
Julie Ryan
·
Richard Birrinbirrin
2006 Winner
IF Award
Best Director
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
2006 Nominee
IF Award
Best Script
Ten Canoes
2004 Nominee
IF Award
Best Feature Film
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Shared with:
Julie Ryan
·
Michelle de Broca
2004 Nominee
IF Award
Best Direction
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
5 more
All
NatFilm Festival
2007 Winner
Audience Award
Ten Canoes
Shared with:
Peter Djigirr
ARIA Music Awards
2002 Nominee
ARIA Music Award
Best Original Soundtrack Album
The Tracker
Shared with:
Graham Tardif
Screen Music Awards, Australia
2002 Winner
Screen Music Award
Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series
The Tracker
For the song "Far Away Home".
Shared with:
Graham Tardif
Australian Directors Guild
2006 Winner
Cecil Holmes Award
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2015 Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Another Country
Shared with:
Molly Reynolds
·
Peter Djigirr
2014 Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Achievement in Directing
Charlie's Country
Telluride Film Festival, US
2006 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
Adelaide Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Charlie's Country
2007 Winner
Don Dunstan Award
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
2015 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Director
Charlie's Country
2015 Winner
AFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Charlie's Country
Shared with:
David Gulpilil
2013 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Director
The King Is Dead!
2013 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Screenplay
The King Is Dead!
FEST International Film Festival
2023 Winner
Special Mention
Best Film
The Survival of Kindness
Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes
2012 Winner
Jury Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
The King Is Dead!
2006 Winner
Jury Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Ten Canoes
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
2024 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Indie Film
The Survival of Kindness
Shared with:
Julie Byrne
2021 Winner
AACTA Award
Best Documentary
My Name is Gulpilil
Shared with:
Molly Reynolds
·
Peter Djigirr
·
David Gulpilil
2015 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Film
Charlie's Country
Shared with:
Nils Erik Nielsen
·
Peter Djigirr
2015 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Direction
Charlie's Country
2015 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Original Screenplay
Charlie's Country
Shared with:
David Gulpilil
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
2015 Winner
Fiction Grand Award
Fiction and Human Rights Competition
Charlie's Country
2015 Winner
Youth Jury - Fiction
Youth Jury Prize
Charlie's Country
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