Reframing Stolen Narratives: The Cinema of Warwick Thornton

Premiering his new film "Wolfram" in Berlinale Competition, Warwick Thornton joins Berlinale Talents to reflect on his work as both director and cinematographer. Drawing from his Indigenous Australian background, Thornton’s films including "Samson & Delilah" and "Sweet Country" engage deeply with questions of stolen land, his Kaytetye identity, and the lasting presence of colonial violence. In this conversation, Warwick Thornton outlines his approach to cinema as a space for storytelling including history that has been erased or denied. Through image, silence, and duration, Thornton disrupts dominant narratives and visual conventions, operating between beauty and brutality, intimacy, and distance, refusing an easy resolution.