Aussie film blitz at Cannes

Herald Sun: Aussie film blitz at Cannes :

"Adelaide filmmaker Murali Thalluri's 2:37 will screen in the festival's Un Certain Regard category, alongside fellow Australian films Ten Canoes and Suburban Mayhem.

'This is such a great honour,' said Thalluri.

'I couldn't ask for a more perfect start, when ultimately, all I ever hoped for is to be able to sustain a lifelong filmmaking career.'"

Good Australian films are very good but it is an industry which has had to fight for its life here in the midst of all the consumer, shareholder, profit and not people hoo-ha. Adelaide was always a place which turned out some good films and fostered a healthy film making environment and atmosphere. We have started to realise we need our arts and we like our arts. But film makers are an exceptionally resilient breed at the moment. We really do need to get off our butts and start supporting them again to get the balance back into our society. An economy is killing creativity. So, I hope our films go well at Cannes when the festival starts on May 17th, because the film makers will have risked a lot to get there.