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Touring
Transcultural
Adoptee Films (TTAF) Initiative Australia-wide - 2009 http://www.adopteefilms.info
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Tour Presented by AVI and
ICASN with sponsorship
from:- QLD: Jigsaw QLD, The Technoworx Store, IAFQ and the International Adoption Day Committee. VIC: The School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, The Australian Catholic University and The Asian Australian Studies Research Network WA: Adoption Support for Families and Children (ASFC) - Sonya Mahoney |
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the Tour: Welcome to a tour that is the first of its type in Australia. This is a tour of films by or made in collaboration with transcultural adoptees (we use 'transcultural adoptees' as an umbrella term to cover International, Indigenous, Transracial and Domestic adoptees whose cultural backgrounds are different to their adopters). These films will be screened at various adoptee-run events held in major cities across Australia (and possibly some overseas locations in the future subject to filmmaker agreements). Our Debut: This tour is a ‘debut’ in various senses. It is the first adoptee-organised tour of films that focus on transcultural adoptees to be launched in Australia. The talents and perspectives of transcultural adoptees are also to be found in every facet of this tour: the filmmakers, volunteer committee members/event co-ordinators and the key editorial team of event-related publications are all transcultural adoptees. In addition, most of the films are making their Australian debut. These new perspectives are all the more significant because, to date, most commentary on and representations of trancultural adoption have been made by people who have not been adopted. In this festival, the adoptee gaze is revealed and celebrated. Our Aim: Our aim is to highlight the new perspectives that mature-aged transcultural adoptees have on the practice of transcultural adoption. Whether in documentary form, straight narrative or as experimental exploration of adoption, each film offers a unique window into what it is to be adopted across cultures, and very often transracially as well. The Format: Each stage of this tour is programmed by an Adoptee Committee. There are three committees spanning the following geographical areas: Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and with Sydney and Adelaide considered for future tours. Each committee will create a unique program for its area. Committee members will select a variety of films for each individual program and may also produce associated events. The resulting program for each area may take the form of a one-day film festival, a one-day mixed-cultural event with artistic performances and panels featuring adoptees, monthly film nights, etc. Panel sessions held at various events will feature adoptee guests from a range of professions including adoption educators, authors, visual and theatre artists, musicians and academic researchers. The adoptee filmmakers, committees and speakers' combined countries of origin of adoption include but are not limited to Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam. We would also like to acknowledge the Indigenous traditonal owners of the land we hold our events. More info available in the TTAF Film Program Booklet PDF file 1.8mb and on the TTAF Homepage _______________
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