Rodd Rathjen

	Rodd Rathjen Rod Rathjen is an Australian film director. Life He was born in Colbinabbin and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010. Rodd is a graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts. His final year film 'Thirst' won 'Best Directing' at the College's screening night. Rodd has continued to work as a director, most notably his short film ''Tau Seru'' (2013) was selected to screen at Cannes as part of Critic's Week and won awards including Best Australian Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Career His debut feature film is '' Buoyancy'', which won the Panorama Prize from the Ecumenical Jury. He hopes that the movie sheds light on Thailand's fishing industry and educates Cambodians about the risk of migration. References Living people 1981 births Australian film directors Victorian College of the Arts alumni People from Victoria (state) {{Australia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Colbinabbin Colbinabbin is a town in central Victoria, Australia. The name is derived from aboriginal meaning "the meeting of the black and red soils". At the , Colbinabbin and the surrounding area had a population of 297. History Located on the banks of Cornella Creek, Colbinabbin was first settled in the 1850s. A township was established in the 1870s, the Post Office opening on 9 August 1872. In the 1930s the area had significant change with the construction of the Waranga - Mallee channel, which bisects the town. Irrigation altered land use to the north of the town and to this day has made it very productive farmland. Cereal cropping and livestock production have been important industries in the Colbinabbin area. Since the late 1960s tomatoes have been produced for processing into sauces and pastes. A local company also specialises in semi-dried tomatoes for the export market. The town was the terminus for the Rushworth railway line. The town today Colbinabbin in recent years has seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Buoyancy (film) ''Buoyancy'' is a 2019 Australian drama film directed by Rodd Rathjen. It was selected as the Australian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Inspired by actual events, a 14-year-old Cambodian boy becomes a victim of human trafficking when he is enslaved on a Thai fishing trawler. Cast * Sarm Heng as Chakra * Thanawut Kasro as Rom Ran (first trafficker) * Mony Ros as Kea * Saicheer Wongwirot as Kadir (second trafficker) Release The film's premiere took place at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. Critic Paul O'Callaghan assessed the film as a "terse minimalist thriller" about slavery in southeast Asia. ''Screen Daily''s Sarah Ward credited Heng with "a captivating lead" with "a rawness to his performance". Awards See also * List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film * List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	1981 Births Events January * January 1 Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Film Directors Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Victorian College Of The Arts Alumni Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign Victorian architecture Victorian house Victorian decorative arts Victorian fashion Victorian literature Victorian morality ** Victoriana Other * '' The Victorians'', a 2009 British documentary * Victorian, a resident of the state of Victoria, Australia * Victorian, a resident of the provincial capital city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * RMS ''Victorian'', a ship * Saint Victorian (other), various saints * Victorian (horse) * Victorian Football Club (other), either of two defunct Australian rules football clubs See also * Neo-Victorian Neo-Victorianism is an aesthetic movement that features an overt nostalgia for the Victorian period, generally in the context of the broader hipster subculture of the 1990s-2010s. It is also likened to other "neos" (e.g. neoconservatism, neoli ..., a late 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]