Best in Film
Samson & Delilah was awarded Best Film at the Dublin Film Festival by the Dublin Film Critics Circle. It will open in Ireland and the rest of the UK on April 2nd. Warwick will attend the opening night of the London Australian Film Festival on March 18th and then go on a screening tour of the UK.
The film is already in cinemas in South Africa from the 26th February and will open in The Netherlands from April 22nd.
Samson & Delilah has won many awards in the last few months, including:
AFI Awards: The Australian Film Institute Awards were held in Melbourne on 11/12th December and we won 8 awards (including Marissa and Rowan both winning the Young Actor Award). How proud we are of them!
Asia Pacific Awards: We won Best Feature Film in a very strong field of films from all over the Asia Pacific region - about one-third of the world. Jury member Gina Kim (Republic of Korea) said: “Samson & Delilah has a very special something - the integrity of the filmmaker, the passion and the sincerity of it is really beyond comparison.” Watch Warwick's acceptance speech here.
Editor Roland Gallois was awarded Best Editing (feature film) at the Australian Screen Editor's Guild Awards and sound designer Liam Egan and team were awarded Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design at the Australian Screen Sound Awards.
IFA Cultural Film Award: Awarded to the film at the Around The World in 14 Films - The Berlin Independent Filmfestival. Lovely trophy too.
GRANDE PRÊMIO: Best film award at the Amazonas Film Festival in Brazil.