OSAMA Screening in Australia
CINEMA NOVA & SHARMILL FILMS PROUDLY PRESENT A SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION OF
SIDDIQ BARMAK’S AWARD WINNING FILM,
OSAMA.
THURSDAY, MAY 6
at Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton.
The film will screen at 7pm and the Q & A will commence at its conclusion and last between 30 - 45 minutes.
Tickets at normal prices, now on sale at the Nova box office
Recipient of a Special Mention at Cannes 2003, and winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film 2004
This, the first film made in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, is the debut feature of Siddiq Barmark who was exiled under the Taliban regime. A woman loses her job when the hospital she is working at closes down, forcing her, her mother and her twelve year old daughter to face starvation. The men in the family have all been killed in the war, and under the oppressive regime women may not walk the streets without a male escort. With no other options available, the mother cuts her daughter’s hair, dresses her in boys’ clothes and renames her Osama.
Panelists who will be taking part in the discussion are:
PAMELA BONE
Pamela is a Senior Writer with The Age Newspaper.
PAUL GRAY
Herald Sun Columnist and author of the forthcoming book on terrorism, THE NIGHTMARE OF THE PROPHET.
PARIS ARISTOTLE
Director of the Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture, a Member of the Immigration and Detention Advisory Group which advises the Minister of Immigration, Amanda Vanstone, and also a Member of the Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council.
DAVID MANNE
A refugee and human Rights lawyer AND the co-ordinator of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre.
The First International Award Winning Afghan Film, Directed by Siddiq Barmak
Winner of the Golden Glob for Best Foreign Film 2004, International Critics Prize (Cannes 2003), Special Mention Camera d'Or (Cannes 2003), Southerland Trophy (London Film Festival 2003)
OSAMA will open in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide on Thursday 29 April 2004
The cinemas are as follows -
SYDNEY:
The Chauvel
cnr Oatley and Oxford Streets, Paddington
The Valhalla Cinema
166 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
The Hayden Orpheum
380 Military Rad, Cremorne
MELBOURNE:
Cinema Nova
380 Lygon Street, Carlton
The Rivoli Cinema
200 Camberwell Road
East Hawthorn
The Classic Cinema
9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick
ADELAIDE
The Palace Nova Eastend
274 Rundle Street, Adelaide
CANBERRA
Electric Shadows
Akuna Street, Canberra
Canberra Gala Opening night (29 April) is organized by the Cultural and Educational Centre of Afghanistan (CECA) Inc. To attend the Gala Opening, please contact CECA on (02) 62821547
Synopsis
A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban close the hospital where they work. The Taliban have also forbidden women to leave their houses without a "legal companion". With her husband and brother dead there is no one left to support the family, and without being able to leave the house the mother is left with nowhere to turn. Feeling she has no other choice, she disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true identity.
Inspired by a true story, Osama is the first entirely Afghan film shot since the rise and fall of the Taliban.
"An extraordinary film from a country it's mandatory to know more about… a totally engrossing piece of cinema, one of the best films I saw in Cannes."
Margaret Pomeranz, SBS Movie Show
Written, directed and co-produced by Siddiq Barmak
Starring: Marina Golbahari (Osama), Arif Herati (Espandi), Zubaida Sahar (Osama's mother)
Rating & Running Time
Rated M 15+, 82 minutes.
Eid-ul-Adha Celebration in Canberra
A night of traditional Afghan food and music
Friday 6 February 2004
Time and venue to be announced soon.
GALC Exhibition in Canberra
An exhibition of the entries in the Grand Art and Literature Competition (GALC) 2003 held for students and young people in Australia and New Zealand.
The competition encouraged young people to express their thoughts, dreams and ideals for the future of Afghanistan through the medium of art and literature.
The competition was launched by the Afghan Embassy in Australia and New Zealand. It was endorsed by UNESCO as a means of increasing mutual understanding through educative and creative means.
UNESCO plans to exhibit the best entries in Kabul. The public are welcome to attend the exhibition and vote for peoples’ choice award. For more information on GALC please visit
http://www.afghanembassy.net/galcawards.html.
Date: Monday 9 – Friday 13 February 2004
Venue: Cultural and Educational Centre of Afghanistan
Level 1, 39 Geils Court, Deakin West ACT 2600
Admission: Free
Remembering Massoud The Hero & Other Victims of Terrorism
The 9th of September 2003 is the second anniversary of the tragic assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the National Hero of Afghanistan, by two members of the international terrorist networks. Two days later, on the 11th of September 2003, thousands of civilians were killed by attacks orchestrated by the same international terrorist networks in New York City. On this occasion the following commemoration services are arranged in Australia:
Melbourne
Friday, 12 September 2003, 6.00pm-10.00pm
Hampton Park Community Hall
Stuart Ave
Hampton Park VIC 3976
(Organised by CECA in conjunction with the Afghan Community of Melbourne. This program is in Afghan national languages)
Sydney
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 4.00pm-7.00pm
Parramatta Town Hall
182 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
(Organised by CECA in conjunction with the Afghan Community of NSW. This program is in Afghan national languages)
Canberra
Monday, 15 September 2003, 6.15 for 6.30-8.00pm
Massoud Memorial Lecture
Law Lecture Theatre
Faculty of Law
Fellows Road
Australian National University
(Organised by CAIS & CECA. This program is in English language and by invitation only. Contact 02-61254982)
For a detailed biography of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, please visit http://www.afgha.com/?af=who&op;=read&id;=52
EXHIBITION
Safar-e-Ma,
Our Journey – Afghan immigration to Australia
At
the Immigration Museum of Victoria
Open
from 20 August to 9 November 2003
Safar-e-Ma
will examine aspects of the Afghan immigration experience
to Australia, focusing particularly within Victoria,
through the stories, experiences and cultural artifacts
of Victoria’s Afghan community.
For
more information, please contact the Immigration Museum’s
Marketing Manager, Jane Grlj on (03) 99272736
9th of September 2004 marks the third anniversary of the tragic assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the National Hero of Afghanistan, by two members of the international terrorist networks.
Melbourne - 23/07/2004 - 5:00pm