''No Way to Forget'' is an Australian short film. It is written and directed by

Richard Frankland Richard Joseph Frankland is an Australian playwright, scriptwriter and musician. He is an Aboriginal Australian of Gunditjmara origin from Victoria. He has worked significantly for the Aboriginal Australian cause. Biography Richard J. Frank ...

, produced by John Foss and stars

David Ngoombujarra David Ngoombujarra (27 June 1967 – 17 July 2011) was an Indigenous Australian actor of the Yamatji people. Born David Bernard Starr in Meekatharra, Western Australia, his acting career spanned over two decades from the 1980s to 2010; he won ...

in the lead role as SHANE FRANCIS. It is the first film by an indigenous director to win an AFI Award. It was broadcast nationally on SBS TV. It screened at the

1996 Cannes Film Festival The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996. The Palme d'Or went to '' Secrets & Lies'' by Mike Leigh. The festival opened with ''Ridicule'', directed by Patrice Leconte and closed with '' Flirting with Disaster'', directed by ...

in the category of

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

. ''No Way to Forget'' is based on Frankland's experiences while working as a Field Officer for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Awards

AFI Award The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ...

(1996) – Best Short Film * AFI Award (1996) – Best Screenplay in a Short FilmTime Out Sydney
Lights up! * St Kilda Film Festival (2000) – Best New Director * Cannes International Film Festival (1996) – Un Certain Regard

References

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Golden Seahorse Productions
1996 films 1996 short films Australian drama short films Films set in Australia 1996 drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films Films about Aboriginal Australians {{1990s-Australia-film-stub