- The title "Ten Canoes" comes from a photograph taken by anthropologist De Donald Thompson in the mid-1930s.
- In order to ensure the safety of the cast and crew during filming in the Arafura Sea Swamp in the northern region of Australia, the crew specially invited 11 crocodile guardians.
- For the film, Rolf de Heer teamed up with the Reimingine Aboriginal Organization to bring to life a language that predates Australian history on the big screen.
- All the actors who appear in the film are acting in front of the camera for the first time.
- Those canoes in the movie are made according to the primitive tribe method, and some old people in the tribe are directing the production, and they have not made such canoes in about 50 years .
Ten Canoes behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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The group: [all walking in a line]
Canoeist: Everyone stop!
[all stop and turn]
The Storyteller: That one is Djigirr. Djigirr talk too much, but maybe he heard something.
Canoeist: I refuse to walk at the end. Someone ahead keeps farting.
The group: [laughter] Not me. Not me.
Canoeist: It's you again. You're always so silent. Silent but deadly. Admit it.
Canoeist: Alright, it's me.
Canoeist: You're rotten inside.
Canoeist: I'm rotten inside.
Canoeist: You get to the end of line.