The Sapphires in Official Selection for Cannes Film Festival
An Australian film has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection.
The Sapphires, produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne and first time feature director Wayne Blair has been accepted to screen in official selection, out of competition in a midnight screening.
The film is Australia’s only feature film to be selected by the festival this year.
The film is an adaptation of the stage musical that sees three Aboriginal singers plucked from a remote Aboriginal mission to become the next Supremes and entertain the troops in Vietnam. The film stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Chris O’Dowd and newcomers Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell.
anytime a film makes it out of australia its a bonus..being such a small country in terms of population we are limited by how much we put out..that doesnt mean that our films are not as good as other countries in fact they are every bit as good as other countries..more needs to be done to entice overseas money to invest in our film industry they have the money and resourses we have the smarts and we have such a large place to use for filming
Can’t wait for this.