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IWDA is screening “The Artist”`
Support IWDA by going along to "The Artist"! Join IWDA on February 13 and 14 for special private screenings of The Artist – a “delightfully inventive comedy” (Time) that’s an “irresistible reminder of nearly everything that makes the movies great” (New York Times). The Artist is nominated for ten Oscars and recently ... Read more
Multicultural Arts Victoria – Righteous Events
Friday December 9th 2011 Rights at the Round Table – Youth Forum on Human Rights Dec 9th 2011 2pm - 4pm @Signal Youth Space (Behind Flinders St Station, Flinders Walk Northbank) Rights at the Round Table is a youth forum, held for International Human Rights Day. Ideas and expectations around gender roles will be ... Read more
Melbourne dates for HRAFF 2012
We are very excited to announce that our Melbourne dates for the 2012 Festival will be 16 - 27 May 2012. The Festival will open at the Capitol Theatre in the CBD with a very exciting opening night event and film! Then, for 10 days, HRAFF will reside at ACMI where ... Read more
Volunteer at HRAFF
HRAFF is currently seeking dedicated and talented people for the positions of Online Director, Interstate Marketing Coordinator and Events Coordinator. View the full position descriptions here. Read more
Tarwirri film fundraising screening of Toomelah
Tarwirri, the Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association of Victoria will be running a film fundraising screening of Toomelah on 29th of November at Cinema Nova. Full details in the flyer below. Tarwirri_ToomlahScreening_2011.pdf Read more
Sydney Latin American Film Festival – Human Rights Focus
Sydney Latin American Film Festival Presents Human Rights Focus on Colombia Saturday, October 22 · 5:00pm - 10:00pm Macquarie University - Y3A Theatre 1 Balaclava Road, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Sydney, Australia Latin America has long been struggling with human rights abuses arising from dictatorships, repression, civil wars and crime. In Colombia, citizens have been ... Read more
Article on HRAFF in Dox Magazine
Written by Shweta Kishore, the following is a very nice article on HRAFF that appears in this months edition of the European Documentary magazine, Dox. Have a read! Page 1 Page 2 Read more
International Womens Development Agency are holding film fundraiser screenings around the country!
IWDA will be running film fundraiser screenings of The Whistleblower in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Perth and Sydney! Join them for a captivating film that was written and directed by women! Directed by Larysa Kondracki and written by Larysa Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan. This ripped-from-the-headlines thriller is inspired by actual events. ... Read more
The Potential Wedding Album
By Samantha Ackroyd In October 2010 Tanya Smith launched a website that encouraged same-sex couples in or from Australia to send in a photo of themselves and perhaps a line or two about their relationship. Her vision was to create ‘The Potential Wedding Album’; a collec tion of photos and stories ... Read more
Interview with up-and-coming filmmaker Rebecca Cohen
Director Rebecca Cohen By Yolanda Redrup Rebecca Cohen is the first time filmmaker of award winning documentary War Don Don. In 2006 Cohen worked as an investigator on the case of Alex Tamba Brima in Sierra Leone. Five months after finishing on the Brima case, Cohen returned to Sierra Leone to film ... Read more
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