The Walkley Foundation presents Stories from Australia – A Festival of Award Winning Films at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 23rd, 24th & 25th July 2015

Time : 
23rd July : 6:30 pm onwards Add to Calendar 23/07/2015 18:00 23/07/2015 21:00 Asia/Kolkata The Walkley Foundation presents Stories from Australia – A Festival of Award Winning Films Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/07/the-walkley-foundation-presents-stories.html C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY
24th July : 6:00 pm onwards Add to Calendar 24/07/2015 18:00 24/07/2015 21:31 Asia/Kolkata The Walkley Foundation presents Stories from Australia – A Festival of Award Winning Films Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/07/the-walkley-foundation-presents-stories.html C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY
25th July : 10:00 am onwards Add to Calendar 25/07/2015 10:00 25/07/2015 20:00 Asia/Kolkata The Walkley Foundation presents Stories from Australia – A Festival of Award Winning Films Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/07/the-walkley-foundation-presents-stories.html C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Venue : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : Stories from Australia – A Festival of Award Winning Films: 23 to 25 July 2015
A festival of eight exceptional documentary films from Australia organised in collaboration with The Walkley Foundation. 

Two of the filmmakers will be present to personally present their films. 

The festival includes a discussion.

Schedule : 

23rd July : 
At 18:30
Introduction
Ms Jaqui Park, The Walkley Foundation

Mary Meets Mohammad (80 min; 2013; dvd; English) 
Directors: Heather Kirkpatrick and Kristy Dowsing

Multiple award winner including 2014 Special Award United Nations Media Peace Prize; 2014 MIA Award for Outstanding Coverage of Migration in the Media; 2014 Tasmania Media Award for Best Feature, Doc. Current Affairs; Winner 2013 Tasmania Outstanding Achiever Award

A timely and relevant story told with great sensitivity and subtlety, the film follows the arrival of Tasmania’s first detention centre through the eyes of local Christian woman and knitting club member Mary and Muslim Afghan Hazara, asylum seeker Mohammad, who is 
detained inside the centre.

At 20:00
Code of Silence (56 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Directors:  Dan Goldberg and Danny Ben Moshe, Mint Pictures & Identity Films/ABC TV

Winner of the 2014 Walkley Documentary Award

Code of Silence is the story of a fight for an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse at an Orthodox Jewish boys’ school in Melbourne. As the case against the abusers continues to make news, the documentary is timely and ground-breaking

24th July : 

6:00 pm : 
Love Marriage in Kabul (84 min; 2014; dvd; English) 
Directors: Pat Fiske and Amin Palangi, Bower Bird Films

Winner of the Foxtel Audience Award for Best Documentary, Sydney Film Festival 2014; and Best Documentary Award, Canberra International Film Festival 2014

Pat Fiske will introduce the film and screening will be followed by a discussion

Mahboba Rawi is a strong-willed Afghan-Australian woman who has dedicated her life to help orphans in Afghanistan. Abdul, one of these orphans, is in love with Fatemeh, the girl next door. The two hope to marry each other one day. But Fatemeh’s father has other plans 

At 19:45
Scarlet Road (106 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Catherine Scott & Pat Fiske

Scarlet Road 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 over-looked clientele – people with disability

25th July : 

10:00 am onwards : 

Jabbed – Love, Fear and Vaccines (90 min; 2013; dvd; English)
Director:  Sonya Pemberton, Genepool Productions/ SBS TV

As vaccination rates fall and preventable diseases re-emerge, Jabbed reminds us of what’s at stake. Traversing the globe, the film-makers examine the science behind vaccinations 
and the real cost of opting out. Stylishly crafted, thought provoking and often confronting, Jabbed is a powerful contribution to the often heated vaccine discussion

At 12:00
Sons and Mothers (80 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Director: Christopher Houghton, Pop Pictures/ABC TV 

Sons and Mothers uses creative techniques to focus on the abilities, rather than disabilities, of its subjects. An intimate portrait of a group of men who meet once a week as part of the Men’s Ensemble theatre troupe

At 14:00
First Footprints – Episodes 1 & 2 (56 min per episode; 2013; English) 
Directors: Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, Contact Films, ABC TV 

Winner of the 2013 Walkley Documentary Award  

Martin Butler will introduce the screening

First Footprints is a televisual archaeological ‘dig’ which comprehensively explores the history of Aboriginal tribal structures and land management techniques which prevailed for 50,000 years on the island continent which became known as Australia 

This four part documentary series explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.

Episode 1 - Super Nomads: 50,000 To 30,000 Years Ago
The story of how people arrived and thrived in Australia. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments 

At 15:10
Episode 2 - The Great Drought: 30,000 To 15,000 Years Ago
For thousands of years people lived with Australia's strange and ferocious mega fauna but all beasts went extinct during the last ice age. Temperatures were 6 degrees colder; it was dry and windy and lasted over 10,000 years

At 16:10
Discussion 
Speakers: Pat Fiske and Martin Butler, Australian filmmakers; Liz Jackson, senior Australian journalist; Safina Uberoi, Indian-Australian filmmaker based in Australia; and others

At 18:30
The Sunnyboy (90 min; 2013; English)
Director: Kaye Harrison, Treehouse Productions, JOTZ Productions

Winner of The MHS Broadcast Media Award 2014

The Sunnyboy follows 50 year-old Jeremy Oxley, frontman of the much-lauded 80’s band the Sunnyboys, as he emerges from a 30-year battle with schizophrenia. Told largely from his own perspective the filmmakers capture Jeremy’s struggle to unpick his past and his slowly growing confidence as he dares to contemplate a return to the stage.

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