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Parramasala is proud to present a program of independent film from South Asia and the South Asian diaspora which will be a must-see for film buffs and lovers of world movies. This superb collection will reveal the depth, dynamism and creativity of contemporary film making beyond the glitzy world of Bollywood. As well as a series of Australian premiere films each evening, catch the free Lunch Hour Documentaries, the Satyajit Ray Retrospective and the free Forum on Displacement.
That Girl In Yellow Boots (India) & Opening Night Party South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
31 October 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Please Note: A short film, Tubelight Ka Chand, will screen before the feature. Ticket price includes party in the Courtyard, Riverside Theatres following the opening night screening. THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS is a thriller tracing Rut ...
Akasa Kusum - Flowers of the Sky (Sri Lanka) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
1 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Please note: A short film TOPI will screen before the feature. AKASA KUSUM - A mother’s search for a daughter she has never met. Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who was once the darling of the silver screen. Having lost fam ...
Rabindranath Tagore (India) Lunch Hour Documentaries
Dates:
1 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
This documentary details the life and work of the celebrated Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 “because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, wit ...
Afghan Girls Can Kick (Afghanistan) Lunch Hour Documentaries
Dates:
2 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Best International Documentary at the Garden State Film Festival The film follows the team during preparations for their first competitive international matches, concentrating on a number of the players and their journey from growing up under t ...
Mother India: 21st Century Remix (UK)
Dates:
2 November 2011, 3 November 2011, 4 November 2011, 5 November 2011
Venue:
Courtyard, Riverside Theatres
“An elegant, haunting score that enhances the emotion on screen without overstating it… a powerful moving glimpse of a challenging, unwieldy masterpiece.” The Guardian “We think the cinematic experience of the sum ...
Nino Live (Sri Lanka) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
2 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Thisara Imbulana, the director and producer of Nino Live, will be making a special visit from Sri Lanka to present this Australian Premiere screening. He will be available for a Q&A session following the screening. Pl ...
Bollywood Dream (Brazil / USA) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
3 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Please note: A short film, The Traveller, will screen before the feature. BOLLYWOOD DREAM - Brazilian actors Luna, Ana and Sofia are three friends who decide to go to India after receiving an invitation from a Bollywood film producer. The ...
Kila Raipur: Destination Sports (India) Lunch Hour Documentaries
Dates:
3 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
The villagers of Kila Raipur, a small community in Punjab, are spirited Sikh people who love sports. This love and passion for traditional sports has transformed the small farming village into an ultimate sports destination. The annual Kila Raipur ...
The Forgotten Woman (India / Canada) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
3 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Please note: A short film, Asha / Hope, will screen before the feature. THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN - Best Documentary – Hollywood Film Festival. The Forgotten Woman was made in direct response to Deepa Mehta’s Oscar-nominated film Wa ...
Curry Munchers (New Zealand) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
4 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Aunanda Naaidoo, lead actor and producer, and Leela Patel, lead actress of Curry Munchers, will be making a special visit from New Zealand to present this Australian Premiere screening. They will be available for a Q&A se ...
This City Is A Body: The Migrant Project (Australia) Lunch Hour Documentaries
Dates:
4 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Over four years, 50 people from the same city worked on The Migrant Project, CuriousWorks’ first creative initiative. The action was documented on video by many different people, on many different cameras. The resulting edit, unfolding an in ...
Agantuk: The Stranger (India) Satyajit Ray Retrospective
Dates:
5 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Anila receives a letter from a man who claims to be her uncle. This uncle had disappeared 35 years ago. He is a stranger to the family and had been given up for dead. He has written to her about his desire to spend a few days with her. He arrives ...
Aparajito: The Unvanquished (India) Satyajit Ray Retrospective
Dates:
5 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Harihar, Sarbajaya and their ten-year-old son Apu, live in the Temple City of Banaras (Varanasi) on the banks of the holy river Ganga (Ganges). Harihar earns a meager living by reciting religious scriptures. The film opens with Apu wandering and e ...
Forum on Displacement South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
5 November 2011
Venue:
Rafferty’s Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Displacement is a subject many filmmakers and artists alike have explored in their creative work as a response to the impacts that are produced and viscerally felt via the act of moving from one place to another. Displacement is as much a state of ...
Ganashatru: Enemy of the People (India) Satyajit Ray Retrospective
Dates:
5 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
The film is an adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’. It is set in a small town in Bengal. Dr. Ashoke Gupta is the head of a town hospital. Gupta's younger brother, Nisith, is head of the committees ...
I Am (India) South Asian Film In Focus
Dates:
5 November 2011
Venue:
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
Please note: A short film, Soy Milk, will screen before the feature. I AM - Winner Best Film – London Asian Film Festival. Winner Best Film – River To River Film Festival, Florence I Am is about issues and dilem ...