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Australian film festival in town

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Last Updated 17 July 2013, 14:33 IST

Delhi’s film buffs can now enjoy a series of seminal documentaries from Australia. The Walkley Foundation for Journalism is screening ‘Stories from Australia - A Festival of Award Winning Films.’ Being held at the IIC till July 20.

Today, at 6:30 pm, catch Then the Wind Changed. Directed by Celeste Geer, it is the recipient of the 2012 Walkley Award for Best Documentary. On 7 February 2009, Australia suffered its worst natural disaster in recorded history.

A firestorm of cyclonic fury swept across Victoria and 173 lives were lost. Through this intimate observation of ordinary people in an extraordinary event, Then the Wind Changed offers a tender insight into humans’ amazing potential to manage adversity and rise from despair.

It will be followed by an interaction between filmmaker Celeste Geer and Anupama Srinivasan therafter.

On July 19, watch Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta at 6 pm. This film by Jacob Hickey narrates the untold story of how the Vietnamese community in Cabramatta, South-west Australia, overcame feelings of being an outsider to find their place in multi-cultural Australia. In fact, the ethnic blend of Cabramatta eventually changed Australia’s attitude
to multiculturalism.

On the last day, Saturday July 20 enjoy four films from 10 am-6:45 pm. The first one is Scarlet Road by Catherine Scott and Pat Fiske. The film follows the extraordinary work of Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton. Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression and the rights of sex workers, she specialises in a long-overlooked clientele – people with disabilities.

Then, comes The Tall Man by Tony Krawitz, recipient of the 2011 Walkley Award for Best Documentary and Australian Directors Guild Award for Best Direction in Documentary Features 2012. When Cameron Doomadgee was found dead in the Palm Island police station, his injuries were like those of someone who had been in a car crash. The police claimed he had tripped on a step.

At 2 pm see Go Back to Where You Came From – Season I. Directed by Rick McPhee, this groundbreaking three part series has six ordinary Australians challenging their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a confronting 25 day journey tracing the journeys that refugees undertake to reach Australia, in reverse. Screening will be followed by a discussion on contemporary Australian documentaries.

The festival closes with Mrs Carey’s Concert by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond. Mrs Carey’s Concert is about music making and coming of age, about talent and courage, compliance and rebellion.

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(Published 17 July 2013, 14:33 IST)

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