Gowns and glamour are the norm on the red carpet, but for a brief moment on Sunday night, the Academy Awards were brought way back down to earth.
A few members of the Tanna cast rocked up to the red carpet in traditional garb, representing the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu, where the Best Foreign Language-nominated film is set.
There was dancing, there was colour, there were smiles and hey — the night is young.
The joint Australian and Vanuatuan production is an fictional, epic love story (not a documentary as some red carpet reporters suggest) spoken in which all actors are played by Yakel people of the island in their own language, Nauvhal. Read more…
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