Kirsten Stevens, The University of Melbourne
Australia, and the world, has lost a unique voice with the passing last week of acclaimed director and writer Shirley Barrett.
Barrett gained international fame in 1996 when she won the Caméra d’Or – Cannes Film Festival’s award for best first feature – for Love Serenade. Following growing global attention, by 1997 the New York Times would celebrate her as ‘a pragmatic Australian with an offbeat take on the world.’
