All These Creatures

All These Creatures is an Australian live-action short film written and directed by Charles Williams.[1] It was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2][3]

All These Creatures
Directed byCharles Williams
Produced byCharles Williams
Elise Trenorden
Written byCharles Williams
StarringYared Scott
Mandela Mathia
Narrated byMelchisedek Nkailu
Music byChiara Costanza
CinematographyAdric Watson
Edited byDan Lee
Charles Williams
Production
company
Simpatico Films
Release date
  • 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryAustralia

The film was shot in Dandenong[4] in Victoria, Australia on 16mm film.[5]

Plot

An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unraveling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all. [6]

Cast

  • Yared Scott as Tempest[1]
  • Mandela Mathia as Mal[1]

Reception

The film was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It later went on to make its North American Premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[7] and win more than 50 other international awards[8] including Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Best Short Film.[9]

Catherine Bray at Sight & Sound reviewed the film as one of the best of Cannes, stating that "What sets Williams’s piece apart is a sense of wonder in the smallest details".[10] Vulture Hound gave All These Creatures five stars out of five describing it as "utterly beautiful" [11] and Nouse described it as "One of the most important short films of the year"[12]

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References

  1. "ALL THESE CREATURES".
  2. Jefferson, Dee (21 May 2018). "Australian filmmaker wins top gong at Cannes for his short film". ABC News. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "I AM Charles Williams: All These Creatures". I AM FILM. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. Kornits, Dov (8 October 2018). "Charles Williams: Bringing the Palme d'Or home". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. Salt, Author Paul (9 June 2018). "Writer-Director Charles Williams Discusses His Palme d'Or Winning Short Film 'All These Creatures'". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. "All These Creatures - Australia". www.ndu.edu.lb. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. "All These Creatures". www.tiff.net.
  8. "All These Creatures Awards". All These Creatures.
  9. "First AACTA Winners Announced at Industry Luncheon". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. "The best short films at Cannes 2018 - Sight & Sound". British Film Institute.
  11. Osa, Paula (2 October 2018). "'We Were All Underwater' – All These Creatures (Short Film Review)".
  12. Rocha, Malu (9 December 2018). "Short Film Sunday: All These Creatures".


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