Touring Transcultural Adoptee Films (TTAF) Initiative

Australia-wide - 2009

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Touring Transcultural Adoptee Films (TTAF) 2009'.  An Australia-wide tour held across various cities and dates in 2009

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*Screenings of all films are subject to filmmakers permission and each states' adoptee committee’s final decisions on their local program schedules.  For more info on individual state programs, venues and dates please return to mainpage



Film Tour Presented by AVI and ICASN with sponsorship from:-


QLD: Jigsaw QLD, The Technoworx Store, IAFQ and the International Adoption Day.

VIC: The Asian Australian Studies Research Network ,
The School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University and The Australian Catholic University

WA:
Adoption Support for Families and Children (ASFC) - Sonya Mahoney

 




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List of Films on Tour / Under Consideration*:

In alphabetical order

Adopting Belinda
Photo: Adopting Belinda screened at Melbourne adoptee films event

Adopting Belinda
by Jane Jin Kaisen and Tobias Hubinette
Denmark, 2006
(8 minutes, 35 seconds)

Screened in Melbourne in June

Film Info
Artists' Websites Kaisen I Hubinette
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Homeschool
by So Yung Kim
USA, 2009
(4 mins)

May screen in 2010 and is available for community viewing upon special request

Film Info
Artist's Website
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Jagadamba, Mother of the Universe

by Amber Field
USA, 2008
(10mins 19 secs)

Screened in Perth in Novemeber and is available for community viewing upon special request

Film Info
Artists Website

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K@W (Korean @doptees Worldwide)
by Sarah Lee Monroe, USA, 2005
(30 minutes)

Available for community viewing upon special request

Film Info
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Missing
by kate hers, Korea, 2006
(7 minutes)

Screened in Melbourne in June

Film Info
Artist's Website
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Mothers and Daughters
By Marlene Oostryck with Sue Bylund, Perth, Australia 2008
(8 minutes)

Screened in Melbourne in June, Brisbane in July & Perth in November

Film Info
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Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam
by Tammy Nguyen, USA, 2009 – in collaboration with various adopted Vietnamese Americans
(75 minutes)

Trailer screened in Brisbane in July and Perth in November. DVD is now on sale from July 2010

Film Info
Operation Reunite/Tammy Nguyen Audio Interview

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Row your boat
Photo: Row Your Boat screening at Brisbane adoptee event

Row Your Boat
by Jessica Emmett, UK, 2007
(1min 40sec)

Screened in Brisbane in July

Film Info
Artist's Website
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Running Dragon
by Kim Noonan and Neal Sickles, USA 2007
(19:42 minutes)

Screened in Brisbane in July and Perth in November

Film Info
Artist's Website 
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The Girl in the Mirror
by PARC, NSW Australia, 2006
(approx. 30 mins)

Screened in Melbourne in June and Brisbane in July

Film Info
PARC Website
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Tracing Trades
by Jane Jin Kaisen and Tobias Hubinette
Denmark and Sweden, 2006
(31 minutes)

Available for community viewing upon special request

Film Info
Artists' Websites Kaisen I Hubinette
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Viet Boys Down Under
Featuring Dominic Golding, VIC, Australia 2002
(45 minutes)

Available for community viewing upon special request

Film Info
Artist's Past Theatre Play I Current Art Exhibit

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*Others films on tour may include:

Special thanks to Lynelle Beveridge and ICASN for co-ordinating access to the film below.

Missing Vietnam
by Leigh Bancroft (Vietnamese adoptee) NSW 2001 
Film Info

Available for community viewing upon special request

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Film Tour Booklet (PDF 2.2mb)

Includes filmmaker bios, info about the film tour concept and people involved plus interviews with filmmaker/performers kate hers, Jessica Emmett, Kim Noonan and Dominic Golding. To add updates or receive a copy by email contact Indigo Willing at: adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com



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*Screenings of all films are subject to filmmakers permission and each states' adoptee committee’s final decisions on their local program schedules.  For more info on individual state programs, venues and dates please visit the Events page.

Special thanks to the filmmakers for donating their films to the tour and AVI and ICASN members for hosting the screenings at the various events held within Australia. Additional thanks to Peter Savasta for providing contacts from the KAHI 08 Film Festival, Adam Chau for US contacts, and Amadeo Marquez Perez from 15/15 Film Festival and Bayside Film Festival for mentoring/techical support in Melbourne and many others including our sponsors (see TTAF Booklet for further info).

General TTAF enquries can be sent to Indigo Willing: adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com





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