#australianscreen

[peanutmax]

Sterilization is proposed as a solution to the Aboriginal half-castes who are not considered legitimate Aborigines. Australian discussions are ongoing distinctions between 'true Aborigines’ and 'hybrid’ Aborigines. I wonder if anyone thinks to discuss a (human being)?

[athenachueh]

Hosted by the Centre for Communication, Politics and Culture, the 2016 International Conference on Indian cinema making in Australia and a festival of Indian films will be held at RMIT University.

Internship program of Indian Film Festival in 2016                                  

Role: Social Media Planner / MC

Description: Write a one-line synopsis for each of 21 selected films.

1.    WELCOME (Bodhu Boron): Bodhu Boron is a ritual conducted to welcome a new bride to her in-law’s house, it not only will share traditional cultural knowledge, also intimately expose personal sense and source of identity and longings. 2.    Taandav: Head constable Tambe isn’t having the best of days, his senses from every which way, boiling his blood into an unexpected reaction… 3.    Pink: An ordeal faced by three independent working women when one night they head out for drinks with a group of guys which in turn leads to an ugly incident. 4.      DHAAGA/THREAD: This film tells the story of the bond shared by a young boy Shankar and his teenage sister Uma, their relationship matures over one rainy monsoon and they begin to understand each other a little more. 5.    ALL I WANT: The story of a purposeful, single minded and unwavering pursuit by a street urchin Ratan, to buy one mango, this is the story of a journey of human audacity in the whimsical garb of life. 6.    AKKI VIKKI te NIKKI: A film crew shooting a documentary on Akki and Vikki allows us to use real interviews of various people struggling in Bollywood to make it big. 7.    GUTRUN GUTARGUN/PIGEONS MURMUR IN THE MORN: The script was written based on lack of basic sanitation in villages and preference for open defecation a cultural issue in our society. 8.    RAEES/WEALTHY: A series of events unfolds in one night between a husband, his wife and her lover. 9.    INDIA’S WANDERING LIONS: After a brush with extinction, the Asiatic Lion is reclaiming its lost lands, but can lions and people truly settle their differences and live together without conflict? 10.    TWISTED FAMILIES: A film that promises generous doses of fun, laughter and twisted shocks, It has universal appeal across all nations and audiences. 11.    Kaafiron Ki Namaaz: A recently court martialed army officer, a writer and a musician who confess their most personal secrets to each other on a rainy Christmas Eve somewhere in Srinagar, Kashmir.  12.    IVARAL/DESIRE: A short Australian-Indian film… a drama that emphasizes to appreciate the things we have before they’re gone. 13.    AARAMBH/THE BEGINNING: An Indian-origin Australian father is very keen on his son to adopt Indian culture, due to his hatred for married life culture in Australia but finds himself in tangled situation. 14.    SAANKAL/SHACKLE: After the 1947 India-Pakistan partition, many lived the rest of their life unmarried or were forced to marry old men, mature girls were forced to marry teenage boys or kids for the sake of keeping girls within the clan Mehar… 15.    Airlift: Ranjit Katiyal is an influential businessman in Kuwait, who with his contacts and familiarity with the land, organizes a labor camp that shelters fleeing Indians during the 1990 war. 16.    LOVE AND LOVE ONLY: Krishna is forcefully sent to Australia by his parents, he falls in love with Stacey, a school dropout from a broken family, he's struggle with cultural difference creates problems in their relationship… 17.    ANUBRATA BHALO ACHO?/AND A VERSE CALLED LIFE: Anubrata waits for the very end as his wife Neeta fights a losing battle against cancer. He met Jaya whose husband is there for his lung ailment… 18.    VAAPSI/THE RETURN: Ajit Singh has been living in Germany for last 25 years, he gets a call from his dying mother that decides to go back to his roots. 19.    TOUCH: A short Australian-Indian film which explores the issue of the modern families attachment with electronic gadgets, which seems to break the familial attachment. 20.    BAREFOOT TO GOA: Barefoot to Goa is a realistic film exploring the nuances of loneliness, the film explores the nuances of loneliness and mourns of the death of values and beliefs without being mournful. 21.    Kachru Mazha Bapa (My Father Garbage): Based on the true story of the Bansode family, spanning the years 1927 to 2001. It is the story not just of one man, but of a generation who have transformed India, it is the story not just of one man, but of a generation who have transformed India.