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Cannes 2009: Camera d’or goes Down Under to Samson and Delilah

Ajami got a special mention, but it is Warwick Throton’s Samson and Delilah’s that picks up the coveted debut film for a filmmaker trophy. Set in a small, isolated community in the Central Australian desert, when tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone the discover that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges.

Eric Lavallée

Published on May 24, 2009

Ajami got a special mention, but it is Warwick Thornton‘s Samson and Delilah‘s that picks up the coveted debut film for a filmmaker trophy. Set in a small, isolated community in the Central Australian desert, when tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone the discover that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).