Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein join Guardian Australia film critic Luke Buckmaster to talk about New Wave Australian films and whether 2015 is the biggest year in Australian film yet
- Storm Boy rewatched – heartfelt portrait of a boy and his pelican
- Book your tickets for screening here
When Storm Boy was released in 1976, the film was an instant hit. Australian audiences rushed to see the film adaptation of Colin Thiele’s novel, about a motherless boy, his recluse father, his secret friend Fingerbone Bill and a pelican named Mr Percival .
Storm Boy went on to take $3m at the Australian box office (equivalent to more than $17.5m in 2015), was shown at Cannes film festival and took home an AFI for best film.
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