'' Ten Canoes '' won the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival . De Heer rejected claims he is a white director making an indigenous story : " People talk about , what is a white director doing making an indigenous story ? They 're telling the story , largely , and I 'm the mechanism by which they can . " '' Ten Canoes '' was screened at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2006 and was released nationally on 29 June 2006
2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
Ten Canoes