INDEPENDENT FILM MAKING EAST TIMOR
Heru Ini Lafu: Weaving Life
Weaving Life is a unique film that journeys into rural East Timor to show a side of life rarely seen on Australian screen. The film highlights the women’s involvement in the resistance movement and celebrates their critical role in cultural regeneration and national development through weaving tais the traditional cloth of east Timor.
Atu Buka Mehi: In Search of a Dream
In Search of a Dream is a touching film detailing the plight of an East Timorese youth soccer team with big dreams of making it to the 2004 Asia Cup. This film beautifully captures a love of the world game and the determination of the youth of a new nation with the heartfelt belief that it can be done.
East Timor Women Australia, ETWA is a small not for profit community group that supports cultural and economic development in rural East Timor. In 2007 they partnered with Independent film maker Marcus Salvagno to produce “Heru Ini Lafu; Weaving life” a short film about the women ETWA support, their cultural heritage and their role in Timor’s resistance and community reconstruction.
In this special event, ETWA welcomes Marcus Salvagno to screen and discuss these films as well as his other Independent work based in East Timor. This is a rare opportunity to meet with a director who continues to work with community concerns and local capacity building in mind. The evening should be of particular interest to other community groups who are seeking to document their own field of endeavours with lessons learned from working on small budget cross cultural film projects.
DATE: Thursday 30th September 2010
TIME: 6.00PM-8.00PM
VENUE: Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Please share invite with your friends.
Food and drinks to share and traditional East Timorese handicrafts for sale on the night.
All proceeds will go towards supporting ETWA’s projects in Timor Leste.
More on ETWA's website.
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