All These Creatures

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

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]

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

Plot

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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

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

Reception

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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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