{"identifier":"PCO-Kingdom_6311367331112","browse_author":"Paul Cox (Director) and Paul Cox Illumination Films (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_filmmediasch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350896512,"description":"This series features a unique collection of short films by the internationally acclaimed Australian film maker, Paul Cox. Includes the following early works: \n The Kingdom of Nek Chand, 22mins And other short films by Paul Cox \n Matuta, 23 mins \n Time Past, 10 mins \n Skin Deep, 40 mins Marcel, 7 mins \n Calcutta, 30 mins \n The Journey, 60 mins \n The Island 10 mins \n We Are All Alone My Dear, 22 mins \n Ritual, 10 mins This is an invaluable resource for Cinema / Film courses, academic and public libraries. Born in Holland and settled in Melbourne since the mid-\u201860s, Paul Cox wass an auteur of international acclaim, having received numerous international awards. He was one of the most prolific makers of films in Australia, with numerous features, shorts and documentaries to his name. He is the recipient of many special tributes and retrospectives at film festivals across the world, including a major retrospective at the Lincoln Centre in New York in 1992. His films of the early and mid \u201880s \u2013 Lonely Hearts (1981), Man of Flowers (1983), and My First Wife (1984) \u2013 were highly acclaimed both locally and internationally. \n Man of Flowers premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, and went on to win Best Film at the 1984 Valladolid Film Festival as well as Best Foreign Film at the 1991 Warsaw Film Festival. \n Cactus premiered in Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986 and Vincent won the Jury Prize at the 1988 Istanbul International Filmdays. \n A Woman's Tale won the Grand Prix at the 1992 International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and Exile screened in competition at the 1994 Berlin International Film Festival. More recently, Cox's highly acclaimed feature Innocence (2000) won massive audience and critical acclaim, including Best Film and the People's Choice Award at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival; and 5 Australian IF awards including Best Film, Independent Filmmaker of the Year for Paul Cox, and Best Actress for Julia Blake. Cox\u2019s career continued, with features such as Human Touch (2004) and Salvation (2008). He died in Melbourne in 2016. Language - English","videoId":6311367331112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_filmmediasch","title":"The Kingdom of Nek Chand","xml_source":"bvl_filmmediasch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"PCO-Kingdom","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/8bf39c10-1f37-4fe1-8a46-3bf022babec9/1d0b904b-842e-466c-b84e-d7d96bb7dd0e/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_paulCoxShortFilms","facets":"video , Video ,","contenttypeorder":3,"series":"Paul Cox Short Films","date_of_publication":2010,"publisher":"Paul Cox Illumination Films","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"PCO-Kingdom","facet":["video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Paul Cox~Paul Cox Illumination Films"}