An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.
All These Creatures
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“All These Creatures evokes a mood that is hard to shake off once it’s over. It’s no wonder it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s that good.”
“All These Creatures evokes a mood that is hard to shake off once it’s over. It’s no wonder it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s that good.”
Charles Williams
Biography
Charles grew up in a country town in northern Victoria, far from anything connected to filmmaking, except for an obsession with movies.
Though his household was largely dependent on government assistance, he found a way to make films with equipment ‘borrowed’ from the local school and, while still in his teens, won the Best Director award at Tropfest.
Over the past decade his acclaimed films have screened and won awards at some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, SXSW, Telluride, Toronto, MIFF, Flickerfest and Sapporo, and in 2016 he was nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at the AACTA Awards.His latest short film ‘All These Creatures’ has been awarded the Palme D’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and he is currently developing feature projects ‘Inside’ and ‘The Buzzard’
Filmography
- All These Creatures – short – 2018
- Home – short – 2015
- There Had Better Be Blood – short – 2010
- The Cow Thief – short – 2006
- I Can’t Get Started – short – 2002
Crew
Director: Charles Williams
Screenplay: Charles Williams
Producer: Elise Trenorden, Charles Williams
Cinematographer: Adric Watson
Editor: Dan Lee, Charles Williams
Music: Chiara Costanza
Narration: Melchisedek Nkailu
Sound: Craig Conway
Production Designer: Eleanora Steiner
Cast: Yared Scott, Mandela Mathia, Helen Hailu, Melody Demessie
Festivals
- Festival de Cannes, France (8 – 19 May, 2018)
Short Film Competition Won: Palme D’or - Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta (27 – 29 July, 2018)
Neck of the Woods - Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (2 – 19 August, 2018)
Short Film Competition Won: Best Australian Short Film - Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (3 – 11 August, 2018)
International Short Film Competition - Concorto Film Festival, Italy (18 – 25 August, 2018)
Official Competition Special Mention - Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico (21 – 26 August, 2018)
International Short Film Competition Won: Best Screenplay - Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (22 August – 2 September, 2018)
International Program - SHORTS MÉXICO – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México, Mexico (5 – 12 September, 2018)
World Cinema Showcase - Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (6 – 16 September, 2018)
Short Cuts - Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (15 – 22 September, 2018)
International Competition - Batumi International Art-house Film Festival, Georgia (16 – 24 September, 2018)
International Short Film Competition Jury Special Mention - Calgary International Film Festival, Canada (19 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Selection - Athens International Film Festival, Greece (19 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Selection - El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt (20 – 28 September, 2018)
Short Film Competition - International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries Pacific Meridian, Russia (21 – 27 September, 2018)
Out-of-Competition: In Short - Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Festival, Macedonia (22 – 29 September, 2018)
Official Competition Won: Small Golden Camera 300 for best Short Film - International Best of Short Films Festival, France (24 – 30 September, 2018)
International Competition Special Mention Youth Jury - Encounters Festival, United Kingdom (25 – 30 September, 2018)
Competition - Raindance Film Festival, United Kingdom (26 September – 7 October, 2018)
Official Selection - Milano Film Festival, Italy (28 September – 7 October, 2018)
Internatonal Short Film Competition - Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada (30 September – 7 October, 2018)
Non-competitive section - Busan International Film Festival, Korea (4 – 13 October, 2018)
Short Film Showcase - RAVAC International Film Festival, Republic of Moldova (4 – 7 October, 2018)
International Short Competition - Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia (4 – 7 October, 2018)
Official Selection - Festival Internationale Signes de Nuit, France (4 – 14 October, 2018)
Official Selection Special Mention - Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy (5 – 14 October, 2018)
Movie Competition Special Mention - Indiecork, Ireland (7 – 14 October, 2018)
International Competition - Adelaide Film Festival, Australia (10 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Selection - Brisbane International Film Festival, Australia (11 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Selection - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus (13 – 19 October, 2018)
International Competition - THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece (19 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Selection Cinematic Achievement Award - Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan (19 October – 4 November, 2018)
International Short Film Competition - La Orquídea Film Festival, Ecuador (19 – 26 October, 2018)
International Shorts Showcase - Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (20 – 27 October, 2018)
Special program - Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain (20 – 27 October, 2018)
Official Competition - Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil (24 – 31 October, 2018)
International Competition - Noosa International Film Festival, Australia (25 – 28 October, 2018)
Official Selection - International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (26 October – 3 November, 2018)
International Short Film Competition - Denver Film Festival, United States (31 October – 11 November, 2018)
Official Selection - Perth International Arts Festival, Australia (November 2018 – April 2019)
- Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 15 November, 2018)
International Short Film Competition - Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (2 – 9 November, 2018)
International Competition Won: Best Short Fiction Film - Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2 – 10 November, 2018)
Short Film Selection - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (6 – 11 November, 2018)
International Competition & Youth Competition 12+ Won: Best Youth Film 12+ - Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (8 – 19 November, 2018)
Short Film Competition - Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (9 – 13 November, 2018)
Official Competition - Soria International Film Festival, Spain (11 – 25 November, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Award for Best Script - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil (14 – 21 November, 2018)
International Competition Honourable Mention - FANCINE – Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga, Spain (14 – 22 November, 2018)
Official Competition Won: RC Service Award For The Best Photography - CINESSONNE – Portraits de Jeunesses #3, France (14 – 27 November, 2018)
- SOUQ Film Festival, Italy (16 – 18 November, 2018)
Official Selection - Du Grain a Demoudre French Film Festival, France (17 – 25 November, 2018)
Official Short Film Competition Won: Best Short Film from the Youth Jury - PÖFF Shorts – Short Film & Animation Festival, Estonia (20 – 28 November, 2018)
Live-Action Competition - NDU International Film Festival, Lebanon (25 November – 2 December, 2018)
Official Competition Won: Best International Fiction Film - 2ANNAS – Riga International Film Festival, Latvia (26 November – 2 December, 2018)
International Short Film Competition Won: Best Fiction Film - Whistler Film Festival, Canada (28 November – 2 December, 2018)
International ShortWork Competition - Yerevan Short Film Festival, Armenia (29 November – 1 December, 2018)
Official Competition - Festival On Wheels, Turkey (30 November – 13 December, 2018)
Official Selection - Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (1 – 10 December, 2018)
Official Selection - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poland (2 – 9 December, 2018)
Official Competition - Festival del Cinema di Porretta Terme, Italy (3 – 9 December, 2018)
Sedicicorto winners - Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (5 – 9 December, 2018)
World Wide Shorts Competition - Flickerfest – International Short Film Festival, Australia (11 – 20 January, 2019)
Australian competition Won: Best Editing in an Australian Short Film - Küstendorf Film & Music Festival, Serbia (15 – 20 January, 2019)
Short Film Competition - Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan (21 – 27 January, 2019)
Official Selection - Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (22 – 27 January, 2019)
International Competition Honorable Mention - Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (23 – 27 January, 2019)
International Competition - International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands (23 January – 3 February, 2019)
Voices - Pendance Film Festival, Canada (31 January – 3 February, 2019)
Official Selection - Stellar Short Film Festival, Australia (2 March, 2019)
Competition - Omaha Film Festival, United States (5 – 10 March, 2019)
Official Selection - Tampere Film Festival, Finland (6 – 10 March, 2019)
International Competition - Medina Del Campo Film Festival, Spain (8 – 16 March, 2019)
Competition - Portland International Film Festival, United States (7 – 21 March, 2019)
Official Selection - The ReelGood Film Festival, Australia (10 March, 2019)
Official Selection Won: Best Film - REGARD Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (13 – 17 March, 2019)
Competition - International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany (13 – 24 March, 2019)
International Competition - Cinemagic Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (16 – 23 March, 2019)
On the pulse - Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong (18 March – 1 April, 2019)
Short Film competition Won: Grand Prize – Firebird Award - Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (18 – 28 March, 2019)
International Competition Won: Best International Short Film - Short Waves Festival, Poland (19 – 24 March, 2019)
International Competition - Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (20 – 25 March, 2019)
Competition - Global Cinema Film Festival, United States (22 – 24 March, 2019)
Official Selection - BUFF – International Film Festival For Children And Young People, Sweden (23 – 29 March, 2019)
Official Selection - Underexposed Film Festival yc, United States (27 – 30 March, 2019)
Official Selection Won: Best Narrative Short Film - 20minmax International Short Film Festival, Germany (29 March – 5 April, 2019)
Short Film Competition Special Mention - Skepto International Film Festival, Italy (3 – 6 April, 2019)
International Competition Special Mention - Festival Courts d’un soir, Canada (3 – 6 April, 2019)
Short Shorts Competition - Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival, United States (4 – 20 April, 2019)
Official Selection Won: Narrative Award - Sarasota Film Festival, United States (5 – 14 April, 2019)
Narrative Shorts - Filmfest Dresden, Germany (9 – 14 April, 2019)
Out of Competition: Expanded: Auf den Punkt - Florida Film Festival, United States (12 – 21 April, 2019)
International Shorts program - Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India (15 – 18 August, 2019)
Official Selection - Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (17 – 21 April, 2019)
Festival Hits - International Film Festival Of Uruguay, Uruguay (17 – 27 April, 2019)
International Short Film Competition - Redline International Film Festival, Canada (19 April, 2019)
Won: Best Fiction Short, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography - cellu l’art Short Film Festival, Germany (23 – 28 April, 2019)
International Competition Won: Youth Jury Award - Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, United States (24 – 28 April, 2019)
Official Selection - Busan International Short Film Festival, South-Korea (24 – 29 April, 2019)
Out of competition: Curtain Calls - Newport Beach Film Festival, United States (25 April – 2 May, 2019)
Official Selection - Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (25 April – 5 May, 2019)
International Competition - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (1 – 6 May, 2019)
Children’s and Youth Film Competition - Montclair Film Festival, United States (3 – 12 May, 2019)
Official Selection - Maryland Film Festival, United States (8 – 12 May, 2019)
Official Selection - Leiden International Short Film Experience, the Netherlands (9 – 12 May, 2019)
Official Selection - Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci – International Short Film Festival, Italy (14 – 18 May, 2019)
Worldwide Fiction Competition Won: Sogni D’Oro – Best International Film - Seattle International Film Festival, United States (16 May – 9 June, 2019)
Official Selection - 13th Parish, Channel Islands (17 – 19 May, 2019)
Competition - Cinema In Sneakers – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Poland (30 May – 9 June, 2019)
Official Selection Won: Main Award - Civitanova Film Festival, Italy (5 – 9 June, 2019)
International Competition Won: Best Director & Best Screenwriting - Sydney Film Festival, Australia (5 – 16 June, 2019)
Dendy Awards finalist Won: Rouben Mamoulian Award & Dendy Live Action Short - Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (5 – 9 June, 2019)
Video on the Beach - Il Varco International Film Festival, Italy (6 – 8 June, 2019)
Official Competition - Cinestesia Legano Short Film Festival, Italy (15 – 16 June, 2019)
Competition - Figari Film Fest, Italy (15 – 23 June, 2019)
Official Competition - Cinemadamare, Italy (17 June – 10 August, 2019)
Competition - Out Of Bounds Film Festival, Italy (18 July – 8 August, 2019)
Competition - Euganea Film Festival, Italy (20 – 30 June, 2019)
International Short Film Competition - St Kilda Film Fesitval, Australia (21 – 30 June, 2019)
Australia’s Short Film Competition Won: Best Young Actor - Capodarco Film Festival, Italy (25 – 29 June, 2019)
Short film competition - ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy (28 June – 6 July, 2019)
Maremetraggio Section - Periferia dell’Impero Film Festival, Italy (12 – 14 July, 2019)
Short Film Competition Won: Best Short Film - Cisterna Film Festival, Italy (18 – 21 July, 2019)
Competition - Elche International Independent Film Festival, Spain (19 – 26 July, 2019)
Competition - Lago Film Fest – International Festival of Independent Cinema, Italy (19 – 27 July, 2019)
International Competition Won: Audience Award - Motovun Film Festival, Croatia (23 – 27 July, 2019)
Short Film Competition - Indie Street Film Festival, United States (24 – 28 July, 2019)
Competition - Indy Shorts International Film Festival, United States (25 – 28 Juli, 2019)
Official Selection - Pop Corn Festival del Corto, Italy (25 – 28 Juli, 2019)
Short Film Competition - Toko Film Festival, Italy (27 – 28 July, 2019)
Competition Won: Best Director - Social World Film Festival, Italy (27 July – 4 August, 2019)
Competition - Malescorto Festival, Italy (29 July – 3 August ,2019)
Competition - Ariano International Film Festival, Italy (29 July – 4 August, 2019)
Competition - Malescorto Festival, Italy (29 July – 3 August, 2019)
Competition - Out of Bounds Film Festival, Italy (1 – 8 August, 2019)
Official Selection - Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria (6 – 10 August, 2019)
Competition - Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States (6 – 11 August, 2019)
Competition - Lenolafilmfestival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2019)
International Competition Won: Best Short Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing - Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (8 – 12 August, 2019)
Competition - Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 25 August, 2019)
Competition - Farm Film Festival, Italy (29 August – 1 September, 2019)
Competition - International Film Festival Nancy, France (30 August – 8 September, 2019)
Competition - Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, South-Korea (3 – 8 September, 2019)
Competition Won: International Competition Grand Prize - Mediterraneo Festival Corto, Italy (5 – 8 September, 2019)
Official Selection - The Smalls Film Festival, United Kingdom (6 – 9 September, 2019)
Drama Competition - FICBUEU, Spain (6 – 14 September, 2019)
Panorama - FIKE – Évora International Short Film Festival, Portugal (10 – 15 September, 2019)
Competition - CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary (13 – 21 September, 2019)
Short Film Competition - Desenzano Film Festival, Italy (13 September, 2019)
Competition - Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy (19 – 22 September, 2019)
Competition Won: Best Director - Adriatic Film Festival, Italy (19 – 22 September, 2019)
Official Selection - PRINDIE – Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (20 – 22 September, 2019)
Competition Won: Grand Jury Winner, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design - ValdarnoCinema Film Festival, Italy (25 – 29 September, 2019)
Official Selection Won: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack - Incinerante Fest, Colombia (25 – 28 September, 2019)
Official Selection - Hell’s Half Mile, United States (26 – 29 September, 2019)
Official Selection - Down Under Berlin Film Festival, Germany (26 – 29 September, 2019)
Official Selection - Long week-end du court, Canada (27 – 29 September, 2019)
Offical Selection - Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, Spain (28 September – 6 October, 2019)
Radar Official Competition Won: Audience Award - ORVIETO CINEMA FEST, Italy (2 – 5 October, 2019)
Competition - FICSAM International Mental Health Film Festival, Portugal (3 – 4 October, 2019)
Official Selection - Tacoma Film Festival, United States (3 – 10 October, 2019)
Competition Won: Best Cinematography – Narrative Short - Drunken Film Fest Oakland, United Stated (4 – 12 October, 2019)
Official Selection - BRNO16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (9 – 12 October, 2019)
Competition - Tegenstroom Internationaal Filmfestival, the Netherlands (17 – 20 October, 2019)
Fiction Competition Won: Best Fiction Film - RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Latvia (17 – 27 October, 2019)
Short Riga – Festival Darlings - Imagine Science Film Festival, United States (18 – 25 October, 2019)
Official Selection - Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia (18 – 27 October, 2019)
Official Selection - FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain (18 – 27 October, 2019)
Official Section - Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, United States (19 – 26 October, 2019)
Official Selection - Au Contraire Film Festival, Canada (21 – 24 October, 2019)
Official Selection - Savigliano Film Festival, Italy (25 – 27 October, 2019)
Official Selection - Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, United States (31 October – 10 November, 2019)
Maryland Selection - International Kids Film Festival, India (1 November – 31 December, 2019)
Australian Shorts - Aesthetica Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (6 – 10 November, 2019)
Drama Selection - Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (6 – 10 November, 2019)
Official Selection - Images en Vues – International Short Film Festival, France (7 – 9 November, 2019)
Competition - Reggio Film Festival, Italy (8 – 18 November, 2019)
Official Selection - Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany (13 – 17 November, 2019)
Best of Festivals - Court en Scène, France (13 – 17 November, 2019)
Official Competition - Fiaticorti Film Festival, Italy (15 November, 2019)
Competition - North Bellarine Film Festival, Australia (15 – 17 November, 2019)
- Aquerò Film Festival, Italy (16 November, 2019)
Competition Won: Best Short Film Award - Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria (17 – 24 November, 2019)
Competition - Travelling Film Festival, Australia (22 – 25 November, 2019)
Official Selection - Ce l’ho Corto Film Festival, Italy (28 – 30 November, 2019)
International Competition Special Mention - Eindhoven Film Festival, Netherlands (28 November – 1 December, 2019)
Official Selection - Human Rights Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland (5 – 10 December, 2019)
Special program: I Want to Break Free - Reel Health – International Health Short Film Festival, Australia (26 February, 2020)
Official Selection - International Festival of Oceanian Documentary Films, French Polynesia (1 – 9 February, 2020)
Short Narrative - Meme Pas Peur – International Fantastic Film Festival, Reunion Island (19 – 22 February, 2020)
Official Selection - Reel Health – International Health Short Film Festival, Australia (26 February, 2020)
Official Selection - Short Sounds Film Festival, United Kingdom (27 – 28 February, 2020)
Official Selection - Philosophical Film Festival, Macedona (21 – 28 May, 2020)
Official Selection - Fekk – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia (17 – 22 August, 2020)
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