2008 Perth Program
28 November - 29 November, 2008
What's on?
Linda Briskman kicks off the proceedings on Opening Night with a talk on her new book, Human Rights Overboard. The Festival continues with a program of shorts, including Reel Change focusing on the human impact of climate change and Screen Dreaming, our Indigenous Stories Session. Closing this year's Perth leg will be the inspiring film The Day After Peace, featuring Angelina Jolie, Jude Law and the Dalai Lama.
Classification
HRAFF has been exempted from classification from the Office of Film and Literature Classification. The films in the Festival are restricted to people over 18 years of age. Certain films have been classified already and marked on their film pages.
IN OUR BACKYARD:
THE OTHER SIDE
A parable for the plight of asylum seekers in Australia, two feathered friends, fleeing the danger of bird flu, make the treacherous journey to a new life in Australia only to find that the real danger lies in wait for them here… …more
Fri 28 November, 2008, 6:30pm (6:00pm Light Refreshments)
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SHORT:
WANJA
Once a close-knit indigenous community with good housing and harmonious streets; now a renowned site of escalating tension with police and deteriorating houses on the brink of demolition, 'The Block' in Sydney is revealed through the eyes of Auntie Barb and the life of her blue heeler dog, Wanja. …more
Fri 28 November, 2008, 6:30pm (6:00pm Light Refreshments)
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PLAYING IN THE SHADOWS
Woolloomooloo, just moments from Sydney's CBD, is home to one of the city's most infamous housing estates. Playing In The Shadows spans a year in the life of a handful of the estate's kids as they fight to make the cut for an after-dark basketball team, a way out of a life roaming the streets and spiralling downhill. …more
Fri 28 November, 2008, 6:30pm (6:00pm Light Refreshments)
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REEL CHANGE
SHORT FILMS ON THE HUMAN IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Sponsored by Make Poverty History, this eclectic mixture of shorts use animation, experimental drama, narrative, and documentary to reveal how climate change is affecting people from the Carteret Islands, to the Inuit community in Greenland to the farmers in our own backyard. …more
Sat 29 November, 2008, 3:00pm
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SCREEN DREAMING
INDIGENOUS SHORT STORIES SESSION
A highlight of this year's festival is 'Screen Dreaming – Indigenous Stories Session', featuring five dynamic and insightful short films by Indigenous film-makers as well as the World Premiere film by Vincent Lamberti, Intervention. …more
Sat 29 November, 2008, 5:30pm
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THE DAY AFTER PEACE
Following the infectiously idealistic Jeremy Gilley - a British actor-turned-activist and founder of the Peace One Day organization - The Day After Peace charts Gilley's attempts to create a day of simultaneous global ceasefire and non-violence in the conflict hot-spots of the globe …more
Sat 29 November, 2008, 8:00pm
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SHORT:
A DIFFERENT KIND OF GUN
A Different Kind of Gun offers a heartbreaking insight into the plight of Sudan's children, whose lives have been ravaged by war, violence and displacement. …more
Sat 29 November, 2008, 8:00pm
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SPEAKER
Professer Linda Briskman
Perth, 28 November, 2008: Playing In The Shadows
Professer Linda Briskman is the Dr Haruhisa Handa chair of Human Rights Education at Curtin University. She has received the award to deliver the Eileen Younghusband lecture in South Africa in July 2008, for her work on the People's Inquiry into Detention. She is the author of two other books: Social Work with Indigenous Communities and The Black Grapevine. Linda will be talking about her new book co-authored with Susie Latham & Chris Goddard, Human Rights Overboard, seeking asylum in Australia.
ACTION HUBS
The action hubs below will be present during the Perth Festival
Venues and transport
Film and Television Institute, 92 Adelaide Terrace, Fremantle
How to get there
By train: Catch the train to Freemantle station. Once you leave the station cross the road and walk up Market Street. Turn left into the High Street Mall. Continue on down Adelaide Street, cross over Queen Street, cross over Point Street and continue walking until you reach Princess May Park and FTI.
By car: There is parking in the Point Street multi-story carpark open unitl 7pm. There is also street parking on Cantonment Street and Adelaide Street. Parking requires a ticket, the time limit is 1 hour from 9am to 5pm and 3 hours from 5pm to 1am.
For more information, visit: www.fti.asn.au or contact 08 9431 6700
Venue Accessibility
Companion cards are accepted for concession rates and carers can enter for free.
For a detailed description of accessibility services, please contact 08 9431 6700.
HRAFF is a newly established festival, working to improve the accessibility of our festival.
Ticketing
Single tickets: $15 full/$12 concession
Festival Pass: $40 full/$30 (includes all session)
Concessions Rates apply to students, pensioners, seniors, health care card holders, concession card holders and Companion Card holders. Companion Card holders also enable carers to enter for free.
How to buy tickets
Online: Visit the film search page, choose a film, and press the "Buy Tickets" link. You'll then be taken to a secure payment page. Tickets can be purchased using credit card or Paypal. Online booking fee of $2.50 applies.
Telephone: Contact 0401 009 899 and leave a message.
In person: From the Box Office at Film and Television Institute during the Festival. Avoid disappointment by booking early or arrive at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled screening time.
Booking fees apply per transaction and not per ticket purchased. Online and telephone sales are only available up to 2 hours before your chosen session. Tickets can be collected at the box office prior to session. Purchaser must present their Photo ID upon arrival, and any concessions cards if applicable.