Reel Connections: Colourfest

Reel Connections: Colourfest


Colourfest showcases the best of migrant and diaspora stories from Australia and beyond. Australian Stories 2015 Edition is Colourfest’s third short films collection celebrating Australia’s diverse and unique identity.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session.

Naked Lady – A young Turkish woman pressured by her family to marry her boyfriend, decides to call off the marriage, which leads to tension in her family home.

TET – Winner of best animation at the 2012 COFA Annual Awards and selected for the 2013 Melbourne International Animation Festival. TET captures a childhood memory of war and hopes for a new generation.

Wonder Boy – Winner at the International Chinese Festival. It’s Chinese New Year, which usually means dancing lions, dragons and red firecrackers, but…

You Know What? I Love You – Ninety-four year old Giannoula spends an afternoon with her granddaughter Natalie, a journey through memories both fond and sad.

I Am Emmanuel – A young Sudanese Australian growing up in the Western Suburbs of Sydney determined not to let his traumatic past as a refugee and a citizen of a war torn country define his future.

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