Aboriginal film dominates awards
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An Australian movie about life before Europeans arrived triumphs at the country's top awards.
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Australia's aboriginal population is booming as more people identify themselves as indigenous, but Aborigines continue to be the nation's most disadvantaged group, dying some 17 years younger.
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Energised by a resounding election victory, conservative Australian Prime Minister John Howard has embarked on a controversial plan to reinvent Aboriginal culture.
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Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson win awards from a US civil rights group.
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Russel Crowe is reportedly very excited about his new movie Eucalyptus as it has an all star cast of three Oscar winners including Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush and himself.
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Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in the Outback, schools held assemblies and giant TV screens went up in state capitals Wednesday as Australians watched a live broadcast of their government apologizing for policies that degraded its indigenous people.
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LOS ANGELES  - The awards race is on. Not the race to position films for year-end awards consideration -- that dance has been going on since at least the September trifecta of the Telluride, Venice and Toronto film festivals, if not before. No, the current race is the rush by film organizations and critics' groups to be among the first to anoint the best films of 2006.
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The Aviator, Sideways and Hotel Rwanda are among those nominated for the Writers Guild Awards.
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Tales of tragedy and struggle will  vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season  overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its  final stretch.
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This Australian film could be described by the story's "Rocky"-like outlines, but there is a gripping, downbeat family drama at the movie's core.
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BRISBANE, Australia : An Aboriginal community in northern Australia is calm and under heavy guard after the death of a young indigenous man in police custody triggered riots.
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âAtonement,â adapted from the Ian McEwan novel and starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy as suffering lovers, was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (popularly known as the Baftas) on Sunday night in London, The Associated Press reported. Daniel Day-Lewis, above, came away with best actor honors for his performance as the oilman in âThere Will Be Blood,â and Marion Cotillard was named best actress for her portrayal of Ãdith Piaf in âLa Vie en Rose.â Joel and Ethan Coen won the award for directing for âNo Country for Old Men,â and the prize for best original screenplay went to Diablo Cody for âJuno.â.
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Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men wins top prize at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards.
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Films about euthanasia, abortion and  the hardships of immigrant life bagged the top prizes at the  17th European Film Awards on Saturday.
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After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris&#39; Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.
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A gay-theme movie took best film honors and most of the acting awards at the Indonesian Film Festival, the first in the world's largest Muslim nation for 12 years, the Jakarta Post reported on Sunday.
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A culture-clash drama, a quirky portrait of strong women, a harrowing imprisonment story, an unnerving fairy tale and a saga of unheralded World War II heroes are contending for top honors at the Cannes Film Festival.