Cannes 2015: modest haul for marsupial southerners

Justin Kurzel moves from a contemporary classic to a simple classic for his Cannes run.
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Image: early teaser still for Macbeth. No kilts were harmed in the making of this picture although the boot polish was shockingly mistreated.  

The official Cannes exposure for Australians is modest this year, led in by Justin Kurzel whose initial claim for attention came with his first feature, The Snowtown Murders. It had great cut-through in Cannes in 2011, with special mentions for the FIPRESCI Prize and in Critics Week. This puts him in the main game. 

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