RADIO INTERVIEWS
The Observer Podcast with Jason Solomons - Interview with Warwick Thornton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/series/filmweekly
BBC Radio London (Robert Elms Show) - review by Jason Solomons 1hr12mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0071zr2/Robert_Elms_01_04_2010/
BBC Radio 5 Live Up All Night - Interview with Warwick Thornton 2hr39mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00rwpnf
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S&D Review - 41mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00rs29t
BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Cafe - Interview with Warwick Thornton 21mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0071zr2/Robert_Elms_01_04_2010/
London Evening Standard - ★ ★ ★ ★
"One of the most original, impressive Australian films for years."
Derek Malcolm
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23820992-silence-is-golden-in-samson-and-delilah.do
Hot Press, Ireland - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Magnificent. The most poetic road-romance we've seen since Badlands."
Tara Brady
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.hotpress.com/archive/6365840.html
Time Out London - ★ ★ ★ ★
"Thornton is brilliant at capturing the isolation that marks these kids' lives and inviting us into their bubble, a place where we come to see tenderness behind rough exteriors and understand the prejudices they face."
Dave Calhoun
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/87644/samson-delilah.html
Metro - ★ ★ ★ ★
"Unmissable, meditative, modern Aussie take on Romeo and Juliet."
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/film/820029-samson-delilah-is-just-oz-some
Financial Times - ★ ★ ★ ★
"Samson & Delilah has that quantum of power and originality."
Nigel Andrews
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5c76c45a-3ce1-11df-bbcf-00144feabdc0.html
News of the World - ★ ★ ★ ★
"Tough, uncompromising and truthful, yet funny and heartwarming when it needs to be - this is highly recommended."
Robbie Collin
To Read the Full Review please follow the Link
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/film/764921/Samson-amp-Delilah-15.html
Films 2010 Blog, one of the first UK Based Reviews by Paul Laird
http://myfilms2010.blogspot.com/2010/03/samson-and-delilah-filmhouse-20310.html
Camera d'Or (best first feature)
Cannes Film Festival 2009
Best Feature Film
Asia Pacific Awards 2009
Best Film, Director, Script, Cinematography, Sound, Young Actors (jointly awarded Marissa Gibson & Rowan McNamara) and AFI Member's Choice Award
Australian Film Institute Awards 2009
Best Film, Director, Script, Music, Actor, Actress
IF (Inside Film) Awards 2009
Best Editor, Feature (Roland Gallois)
Australian Screen Editor's Guild Awards 2009
Best Achievement in Sound Design (Liam Egan and team)
Australian Screen Sound Awards 2009
Blue Angel Award for Best Director
17th Art Film Fest, Slovakia
AWGIE Awards (Australian Writer's Guild Awards)
Feature Film Screenplay (Original)
Major AWGIE Award (for most outstanding script in any discipline)
Audience Award
Adelaide Film Festival
Kate Challis RAKA Award for Indigenous script writing
Grand Jury Prize
Best Female Actor - Marissa Gibson
Best Male Actor - Rowan McNamara
St Tropez Film Festival, France
The City Prize for best film (awarded by the teenage jury)
Jury Grand Prize for best film (awarded by the adult jury)
Festival Ciné-jeune, France
Grand Jury Award
Press Jury Award
EKWA Film Festival of the Indian Ocean (Reunion Island)
Grand Premio (Best Film)
Amazonas Film Festival, Brazil
IFA Cultural Film Award
Around the World in 14 Films - Berlin Independent Filmfest
