Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies and explores how ‘The Lucky Country’ became one where leaders choose detention over compassion and governments deprive the desperate of their basic human rights.
The film features never before seen footage from inside Australia’s offshore detention camps, revealing the personal impact of sending those in search of a safe home to languish in limbo.
he film will be followed by an intimate Q&A with Academy Award-winner Eva Orner, Director & Producer. Facilitated by Steven Glass.
Trailer – Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgNZRIEyyY%20
Doors open: 6.45pm
Event starts: 7.00pm
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WHERE: Ritz Cinema – 45 Saint Pauls Street, Randwick, NSW 2031 – View Map
Craig Boreham, is a Sydney based writer, director and graduate of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Much of Craig’s video and film work focuses on themes of sexuality and the politics of desire. His films have been seen in over 200 festival screenings and received numerous awards including “The City of Melbourne Best Short Film Award”, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Festival – Sydney. His short drama TRANSIENT premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Teddy Award for best short film. Craig was invited to return to Berlin as one of two Australian directors chosen to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2006. THE CINEMA OF TRUE POISON, a retrospective of Craig’s work was presented in 2008 by Fundacion Triangulo in Madrid, and in 2009, Craig was invited to direct a chapter of the multistory feature film BEFORE THE RAIN, a coproduction between two of Australia’s most prestigious film and drama institutions, The National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Craig is currently developing two feature films with producer Annmaree J Bell (FRAIL, DROWNING).
