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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

All of the events below are free, except the workshop. Gold coin donations appreciated.

All venues are in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre at The University of Melbourne. The Carrillo Gantner Theatre is in the basement, while the @HZ\RV�/PYHVRH�4`LY��@/4��9VVT�PZ�VU�[OL�ÄYZ[�ÅVVY�

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Opening Film: Gandhi’s Children

Migration session

Islander Perspectives in Storytelling

Participatory Films session

Women’s Rights session

The University of Melbourne Screenings

Japanese Ethnographic Films

Sex Trade and Abuse session

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Identity and Belonging session

Closing Film and Award Ceremony

Ethnographic Documentary Workshop*

Experiential Ethnographic Films Program

ANSA Photography Exhibition

Maree Clarke Multimedia Installations

Networking Party **

Experiential Ethnographic Films Program

ANSA Photography Exhibition

Maree Clarke Multimedia Installations

FESTIVAL TEAMFestival Director: Dr. Erminia Colucci (CIMH, The University of Melbourne)

Festival Coordinator: Nadia Astari

Festival Board: Thomas Reuter (Asia Institute), Ramila Chanisheff (Asia Institute) Alice Baroni

Social Media Coordinator: Christina Gemma Ting (CIMH, The University of Melbourne)

PR & Marketing Coordinators: Natalie Kunz, Dom Diocera (CIMH, The University of Melbourne)

Event Manager: Jette Achleitner

VIP Coordinator: Alice Baroni

Communication Manager: Michelle Zhao (CIMH, The University of Melbourne)

Publications Manager: Leeanne Torpey

Graphic Designers: Judy Brandt (poster and festival programme), Andrea Grigolli

Web Design: Nadia Astari

Dr Erminia Colucci Festival Director Centre for International Mental Health, The University of Melbourne

SELECTION TEAMErminia Colucci (CIMH, The University of Melbourne), Thomas Reuter (Asia Institute), Sarah Pink (RMIT University), Jenny Weight (RMIT University), Nadia Astari, Jette Achleitner, Christopher Basile

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ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP 9AM-4PM

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India / David MacDougall, Australia 2008 / 185 min / Carrillo Gantner Theatre (basement)

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International speakers and Aperture Festival organizers will be taking participants through diverse case studies of ethnographic documentaries, from traditional to PUUV]H[P]L�ÄSTTHRPUN�[LJOUPX\LZ�5V�ÄST�THRPUN�L_WLYPLUJL�PZ�YLX\PYLK��I\[�P[�PZ�^LSJVTLK�Speakers: Ethnographic documentary practitioners and experts

Cost: $120 Full price $90 Concession includes teaching materials as well as morning and afternoon teaBooking: Claudia Sandoval sandoval@unimelb.edu.au; For more information: event@aperturefestival.com

GANDHI’S CHILDREN

PATH oF LIGHTIndonesia and Malaysia Monica Figueredo, Canada and Uruguay 2012 / 24 min Nur is a Javanese mother who travels to Malaysia to become a domestic worker. Enslaved by her employers for eight years, denied communication with family and not paid for her services, Nur decides to risk her life to ÅLL�OLY�JHW[VYZ�HUK�YL[\YU�OVTL�

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: PRoMISE & UNRESTPhilippines & Ireland / Alan Grossman & Aine O’Brien, Ireland & South Africa 2010 / 79 min-PSTLK�V]LY�H�Ä]L�`LHY�WLYPVK��7YVTPZL�HUK�<UYLZ[�PZ�an intimate portrayal of a migrant woman performing JHYLNP]PUN�HUK�SVUN�KPZ[HUJL�TV[OLYOVVK�PU�OLY�YVSL�HZ�sole provider for an extended family in the Philippines.

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WAyWARD AND STUBBoRNBangladesh / Stefania Donaera, Italy 2013 / 29 minIt’s estimated that in Bangladesh each year 200 women are attacked with acid. A woman can be assaulted for refusing a proposal, for unmet dowry demands, even for being outspoken. Nahar was 15 when a boy threw HJPK�HUK�KPZÄN\YLK�OLY��;VKH`�ZOL�[YH]LSZ�HJYVZZ� Bangladesh to help those who faced the same tragedy.

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FRoM MACHANG To KAjANGMalaysia / Jules Ong, Malaysia 2012 / 25 minA polygamous man in Malaysia juggles his time between his two wives who live in different towns. Twice a month he travels over 400km between 4HJOHUN�HUK�2HQHUN�[V�M\SÄS�OPZ�YLZWVUZPIPSP[PLZ�[V�OPZ�two families. But how happy are the wives with this arrangement?

MELBoURNE PREMIERE

MUCH ADo ABoUT KNoTTINGIndia / Geetika Narang Abbasi & Anandana Kapur, India / 2012 / 55 minMatchmaking is both India’s favourite pastime as well as a national obsession. ‘Much Ado About Knotting’ is H�SPNO[�OLHY[LK�JOYVUPJSL�VM�[OL�WYLKPJHTLU[�VM�NL[[PUN�married that almost every Indian faces.

Anouk Ride and Adilah Dolaiano from Sukwadi Media, a Solomon Islands production company specialising in content on environmental and social issues, are joined I`�(TPL�)H[HSPIHZP��4LSIV\YUL�IHZLK�KVJ\TLU[HY`� ÄSTTHRLY��TLKPH�[YHPULY�HUK�JVTT\UP[`�HY[Z�WYHJ[P[PVULY��producer, and Jennifer Wate, the Director of the Solomon Islands Development Trust to discuss “Islander perspectives in storytelling and how to bring insider stories out to the wider world.”

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE:

WE WANT (U) To KNoWCambodia / Ella Pugliese, Italy, Nou Va & the people of Thnol Lok / 2011 / 54 minVillagers from all around Cambodia take the camera in their hands to document what they have gone through during and after the Khmer Rouge era. Sharing their stories, survivors are breaking 30 years of silence and initiating a powerful discourse about the challenges of the present.

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NAATA (THE BoND)India / Anjali Monteiro & K.P. Jayasankar, India 2003 / 45 minBhau Korde and Waqar Khan, two activists and MYPLUKZ��OH]L�ILLU�PU]VS]LK�PU�JVUÅPJ[�YLZVS\[PVU��working with neighbourhood committees, and using visual media in Dharavi, Mumbai, which is reputedly (ZPH»Z�SHYNLZ[�ºZS\T»��5HH[H�Q\_[HWVZLZ�[OL�T\S[P�SH`LYLK�UHYYH[P]L�VU�[OLPY�^VYR�HUK�[OL�Z[VYPLZ�VM�[OL�ÄSTTHRLYZ��thereby foregrounding a critical and active spectatorship.

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ISLANDER PERSPECTIVES IN STORYTELLINGINTERNATIoNAL SPEAKERS FRoM SoLoMoN ISLANDS11:30 AM -1 PM Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre (basement)

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EXPERIENTIAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS 10AM-4PM DAILy Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer (YHM) Exhibition room, Sydney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne

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1 10:00 am oN BRoADWAyUSA / Aryo Danusiri, Indonesia / 2011 / 62 minA subtle investigation of the ordinary spaces that transform and transition between the playful and the sacred as individuals enter and perform routine acts of worship or leisure.

2 11:02 am A BRIEF HISToRy oF MEMoRyThailand / Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Thailand / 2010 / 14 minThe effectS of the political crisis in Thailand, presented by a voice of a mother who lost her son.

3 11:16 am HoNEy HUNTINGThailand / Lotta Granbom, Sweden / 2012 / 14 minMusa and his large family live on an island in the Andaman Sea, a part of Thailand, where the cost of SP]PUN�PZ�PUJYLHZPUN�^OPSL�[OL�ÄZO�OHY]LZ[�KLJYLHZLZ��

4 11:30 am WRITING IN WATERChina / Angela Zito, USA / 2012 / 42 minWriting in Water follows two generations of calligraphy teachers.

5 12:12 pm STREETS oF SHANGHAIChina / Alda Terracciano, UK / 2012 / 7 minExploring Chinese vernacular and European high life, this art documentary is part of the wider project “Streets of... 7 cities in 7 minutes” designed to uncover the ancestral memory of three historical, intersecting journeys.

6 12:19 pm STREETS oF MUMBAI India / Alda Terracciano, UK / 2007 / 7 minDelving into the kaleidoscope of colors and shapes of Mumbai, this art documentary is part of the wider project “Streets of... 7 cities in 7 minutes” designed to uncover the ancestral memory of three historical, intersecting journeys.

7 12:26 pm KUNGyEEIndia / Chaoba Thiyam, India / 2013 / 27 minThe rituals of invoking rain practised among the Tangkhul Naga tribe.

8 12:53 pm Do DIN KA MELA (A TWo DAy FAIR) India / Anjali Monteiro & K.P. Jayasankar, India / 2009 / 58 min(�[^V�KH`�QV\YUL`�PU[V�[OL�T\ZPJ�HUK�L]LY`�KH`�SPML�VM�[OPZ�\UJSL�ULWOL^�K\V��ZL[�HNHPUZ[�[OL�IHJRKYVW�VM�the Rann.

9 1:51 pm MoU PIRI A RARoToNGAN LovE SoNGCook Islands / Karin Williams, New Zealand / 2013 / 12 minThe short documentary explores the importance of music and dance in Cook Islands culture, through the story of a romantic song that has become synonymous with island weddings.

10 2:03 pm ToKU FENUA (My ISLAND)Tuvalu / Martin Zinggl, Austria / 2011 / 29 minThe daily routines of three islanders from Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world.

11 2:32 pm TjANPI NyAWA! LooK AT THE GRASS!Australia / Christiane Keller / Australia / 2012 / 26 min*HW[\YLZ�[OL�T\S[P�ZLUZVY`�L_WLYPLUJLZ�VM�;QHUWP�+LZLY[�>LH]LYZ��(IVYPNPUHS�ÄIYL�HY[PZ[Z�^OV�^VYR�THPUS`�^P[O�NYHZZ��^VVS�HUK�YHMÄH�

12 2:58 pm ANTARRENGENy TyEPETy-AKERT Australia / Mary Kemarr Morton & Katie Kemarr Morton, Australia / 2013 / 17 min;OL�(U[HYYLUNLU`�ZVUN�ZLYPLZ�MYVT�<[VWPH�PU�*LU[YHS�(\Z[YHSPH�PZ�VUL�VM�[OL�TVZ[�^LSS�RUV^U�^VTLU»Z�ceremonies from this region.

13 3:16 pm E-WASTELANDGhana / David Fedele, Australia / 2012 / 20 min(�]PZ\HS�WVY[YHP[�VM�\UYLN\SH[LK�LSLJ[YVUPJ�^HZ[L�YLJ`JSPUN�PU�.OHUH��>LZ[�(MYPJH��^OLYL�LSLJ[YVUPJZ�HYL�UV[�seen for what they once were, but rather for what they have become.

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A MEETING WITH MAHARISHI PAMUNGKASIndonesia / Christopher Basile & Thomas Reuter, Australia / 2013 / 47 minAn anthropologist travels to Central Java, Indonesia for an encounter with Maharishi Pamungkas, a Javanese mystic and spiritual teacher he has met several times over the course of eleven years. Although Maharishi Pamungkas has gradually revealed portions of his complex system of spiritual teachings and practices, he has declined permission to publish his teachings, or even to have his photo taken, until now. What has changed?

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BREAKING THE CHAINSIndonesia / Erminia Colucci, UK, Italy & Australia 2014 / 7 min clip)YLHRPUN�[OL�*OHPUZ�����TPU�M\SS�SLUN[O��VMÄJPHS�YLSLHZL�2014) depicts the use of physical restraint and JVUÄULTLU[�VM�WLVWSL�^P[O�TLU[HS�PSSULZZ�PU�0UKVULZPH��a practice known as pasung in this country but common also in other low and middle income JV\U[YPLZ��;OL�ÄST�JVU[YPI\[LZ�[V�HU�\UKLYZ[HUKPUN�of pasung, the reasons behind this practice and the issues that must be overcome to eradicate this wide�ZWYLHK�O\THU�YPNO[Z�HI\ZL��>LIZP[L!�TV]PL�TLU[�VYN

FRIDAy 22ND To SATURDAy 23RD NovEMBER

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MAREE CLARKE’S MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS 10AM - 4PM DAILy Venue: YHM room (open Friday and Saturday)

SATURDAy 23RD NovEMBER

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE SPECIAL SCREENINGS 2 FILMS 9AM-10:15AM Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre (basement)

SATURDAy 23RD NovEMBER

JAPANESE ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS 10:30AM-12PM

International Speaker from japan and screening of a japanese ethnographic film Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre (basement)

FRIDAy 22ND NovEMBER

NETWORKING PARTY 6-8 PM

Venue: YHM room (INVITATION ONLY)

Young people in Kadukwaikela Village get into the holiday spirit in preparation for a Trobriand-style Christmas celebration by Andrew Connelly of the Australian National University. The village is in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Photographs in this year’s exhibition provide visual depictions of anthropology as experienced and practised by current and recent students. The [OLTL�PZ�(U[OYVWVSVN`�H[�OVTL�HUK�PU�[OL�ÄLSK�PU�[OL�(ZPH�7HJPÄJ�YLNPVU�HUK�[OL�L_OPIP[PVU�MLH[\YLZ�photographs from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Pakistan, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Rapa Nui. A highlight of the exhibition will be the winning photographs from the 2013 Australian Network of Student Anthropologists’ Photography Competition.

Maree Clarke, a Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, BoonWurrung woman from Mildura in northwest =PJ[VYPH��PZ�H�T\S[P�KPZJPWSPUHY`�HY[PZ[�SP]PUN�HUK�^VYRPUN�in Melbourne. Maree Clarke’s multimedia installations of photography, painting and sculpture further explore the rituals and ceremonies of her ancestors. (Excerpt from Vivien Anderson Gallery)

Keizo Miyasaka, professor of cultural perspectives in human sciences (cultural and medical anthropology), Keio University, Tokyo, will present the context of inherent YLSH[PVUZOPW�IL[^LLU�WLYMVYTHUJL�L[OUVNYHWO`�HUK�L[OUVNYHWOPJ�ÄST!�H�YLÅLJ[PVU�VU�[OL�MLH[\YLZ�VM�1HWHULZL�L[OUVNYHWOPJ�ÄSTZ��PU�^OPJO�OL�^PSS�KPZJ\ZZ�YLÅL_P]L�\UKLYZ[HUKPUN�HZ�[V�WLYMVYTHUJL�L[OUVNYHWO`�HUK�L[OUVNYHWOPJ�ÄSTPUN�^P[O�reference to a rough sketch on its historical shift since the1930s in an attempt to prepare an alternative or supplementary perspective for integrative understanding VM�J\S[\YHSS`�MVJ\ZLK�ÄSTZ�

Seven Young Gods of Fortune: Fertility Rite of Dosojin in Shimofukuzawa, Yamanashi / Japan / Yasuhiro Omori / 1984 / 68 min

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This reception is made possible by Asia Institute and Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne.

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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: LIvES UNDER THE RED LIGHTCambodia / Vanna Hem, Cambodia 2013 / 14 min A story of a young lady boy named Nam who lives in Phnom Penh city, Cambodia. Being a lady boy sex worker, he is ignored by society and exploited by local and tourist clients alike. Despite adversity and dis�crimination, Nam is happy with his life as a lady boy.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIEREFLoATING NURSEIndonesia / Arfan Sabran, Indonesia 2006 / 15 minHj. Rabiah, has been a nurse for 28 years, but she is KLÄUP[LS`�UV[�HU�VYKPUHY`�U\YZL��:OL�^VYRZ�VU�3P\RHUN�Tangaya archipelago in the middle of Flores Sea, often sailing through the boundaries of nurse authority and marvelling at what is possible.

REGIoNAL PREMIERE: STANDING oN THE EDGE oF A THoRNIndonesia / Robert Lemelson, USA 2012 / 32 minStanding on the Edge of a Thorn explores the rural origins of the Indonesian sex trade. Narrated by Lisa, the daughter of a mentally ill retiree and an unwed WYLNUHU[�[LLUHNLY��[OL�ÄST�KVJ\TLU[Z�OLY�Z[Y\NNSL� to understand her parents’ predicaments while simultaneously being drawn into the sex trade.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: WAWATA ToPU MERMAIDS oF TIMoR-LESTEEast Timor / David Palazón & Enrique Alonso, Spain / 2013 / 33 minWawata topu (women divers) are four generations of ÄZOLY^VTLU�Z[YP]PUN�[V�THRL�H�SP]PUN�PU�>LZ[�([H\YV��;PTVY�3LZ[L��;OLPY�KHPS`�SP]LZ��[OLPY�]P[HS�JVUJLYUZ��[OL�contradicting discourses and social barriers they face, are shown in this ethnographic portrait that makes vis�ible their critical contribution to the economies of their ÄZOPUN�JVTT\UP[ �̀

MELBoURNE PREMIERE: THE oLD MAN WHo SELLS BANANASVietnam / Tu Thi Thu Hang, Vietnam 2012 / 39 min(U����`LHY�VSK�O\TW�IHJRLK�THU��PU�IYV^U�JSV[OLZ��^P[O�H�WHST�SLHM�OH[�HUK�H�IPRL�M\SS�VM�IHUHUHZ��YPKLZ�over 50 kilometres to sell every day. Who is he? Does he have a family? Why does an old man like him still have to make a living that way?

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MELBoURNE PREMIERE HoMEBoUNDAustralia & Bangladesh / Sari Braithwaite, Australia 2013 / 5 min He is Indigenous, but he is invisible within his homeland of Bangladesh. Set in the outer Melbourne suburbs, a student living in Australia has become an unlikely dissident. Online day and night, he streams updates to his people under attack. But what will it be like to return home?

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: SToRI TUMBUNAPapua New Guinea / Paul Wolffram, New Zealand / 2011 / 89 minConceived as an opportunity for the Lak people of Papua New Guinea to tell their stories in their way, Stori Tumbuna takes its structure from traditional mythologies of the region and presents a collaborative account privileging the Lak point of view and ethos.

AUSTRALIA PREMIERE WHERE I GoCambodia / Kavich Neang, Cambodia 2013 / 56 min:HU�7H[[PJH�PZ�H�TP_LK�*HTIVKPHU�*HTLYVVUPHU�ZVU�^OVZL�MH[OLY�JHTL�[V�^VYR�PU�*HTIVKPH�PU�� ��1993 as a peacekeeper. Pattica has become more interested in knowing about his own identity since he is a victim of discrimination in his daily life.

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SATURDAy 23RD NovEMBER

CLOSING FILM & AWARD CEREMONY 5-7PMVenue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre (basement)

AWARD CEREMONY

APERTURE AMBASSADORSSincere thanks to our ambassadors who volunteered to promote the festival. The latest list is available here: http://aperturefestival.com/about/ambassadors/”

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MELBOURNE

Allison Tomazin

Anita Barar

Betty Kars

Charmaine Robbins

David Turner

Dereen Sherwani

Elena Moody

Erik Cahyanta

Geetha Raju

Jay Sonn Tay

Jian Li

Michelle O’Toole

Sheilah Farhanah

Tina Jensen

Tran Nguyen

CANBERRA

Channa Razaque (also Ambassador for Pakistan)

SYDNEY

Elizabeth Norsa

Liana Molina

INDIA

Nithin Kalorth

INDONESIA

Shinta Oktania

The inaugural APERTURE Festival will be closed ^P[O�HU�(^HYK�*LYLTVU �̀�^OLYL�H�ÄST��KL[LYTPULK�by the selection team for its innovative approach to L[OUVNYHWOPJ�ÄSTZ��^PSS�YLJLP]L�H�������NYHU[�MYVT�the Awesome Foundation Melbourne.