Dear Friends,
Support East Timor’s First Feature
Film. After 500 years of foreign colonisation and occupation we are free to
tell our story. Help us make history.
To help raise funds for East Timor’s
first feature film, ‘A Guerra Da Beatriz,’ FairTrade Films and Dili Film
Works are holding a series of film screenings throughout 2012. Thank you to
everyone that came along to the screening of "Buried Alive".
About the film:
When 20 year old New
Zealand-Malaysian student Kamal Bamadhaj travelled to East Timor to assist a
human rights investigation, his last words to his mother were “I’ll be
careful, Mum”. Three weeks later he was dead, shot at point blank range by
the Indonesian military.
During a demonstration in Dili in
1991, Kamal Bamadhaj, a sympathiser of the East-Timorese independence movement,
was killed by Indonesian gunfire. Just like 270 others. However, Kamal’s family
would not rest before the circumstances surrounding his death were cleared up.
Produced and directed by award winning documentary maker Annie Goldson,
PUNITIVE DAMAGE is the remarkable story of an idealistic young man, and his
mother’s determination and courage to ensure that her son did not die in vain.
The film screened in competition at
the prestigious Amsterdam International Documentary Festival.
Tickets will be available at the
door for $10 (if not sold out prior). Please contact 7749 1240 to reserve a
ticket. Remember we can deliver to your home/office or you can collect from the
Dili Film Works office in Bemori.
Details
Film: Punitive
Damage
Date: Thursday,
30th August, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
and 9.00pm
Where: Fundacao
Oriente
We also have DVD copies of 'Punitive
Damage' available for sale so you can pick one up on the night or purchase it
for $25 if you can't make the screening. If you missed out on getting a copy of
"The Diplomat," don't worry, we have more DVD's arriving hopefully in
time for the screening on the 30th August. Contact us to reserve a copy.
We are still actively fundraising to
complete the post production component of our film and have a target of $12,000
by September 30th. If you would like to join the Fan Club for A Guerra da
Beatriz or make a donation, simply visit our fundraising page here: http://fairtradefilms.com.au/fundraising.html We
have raised over $2000 so far which is very pleasing.
Thanks and we look forward to seeing
you at the screening.
Dili Film Works
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