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Trailblazing Australian filmmaker dies at home in regional Victoria

Trailblazing Australian experimental filmmaker Corinne Cantrill died on Tuesday at her Castlemaine home in regional Victoria aged 96.

Cantrill's 1984 autobiographical movie called In This Life's Body was celebrated upon its release and continues to be discussed in film circles to this day. Over the years, their works were screened at the National Gallery of Australia, the Melbourne Film Festival, New York's Museum of Modern Art and on ABC TV. Later that year, the pair were awarded a Membership of the Order of Australia for their ongoing 'service to the visual arts as a documentary and experimental film maker.'

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