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Art & Reality: Cinema For Social Change
Sunday August 14 at 11:00am | HOYTS Melbourne Central
What role does cinema play in facilitating social change? What impact can cinema, and screen content, have upon the ideas and behaviours of society? Join a panel of decision makers, and filmmakers to discuss cinema’s role in affecting change, and influencing, and impacting upon behaviour.
Sunday August 14 at 11:00am | HOYTS Melbourne Central
What role does cinema play in facilitating social change? What impact can cinema, and screen content, have upon the ideas and behaviours of society? Join a panel of decision makers, and filmmakers to discuss cinema’s role in affecting change, and influencing, and impacting upon behaviour.
Cynthia is a freelance journalist for Fairfax Media, including The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and for Australian Educator magazine.
She is a member of the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) and her film reviews and interviews have been published in The Age newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald online, Metro Magazine (where she has covered the Melbourne Indian Film Festival), and the Australian Education Union (Vic Branch) magazine, and heard on community radio 3CR's Media Moves, and on the Thursday Women's Hometime show when she was co-presenter.
Cynthia has visited India around 20 times and lived in Mumbai for about 9 months from 1999 - 2001, where she attended the Mumbai International Film Festival.
She was also a finalist for Journalist of the Year for the Women’s Empowerment (WE) Journalism Awards last year in Hong Kong.
She is a member of the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) and her film reviews and interviews have been published in The Age newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald online, Metro Magazine (where she has covered the Melbourne Indian Film Festival), and the Australian Education Union (Vic Branch) magazine, and heard on community radio 3CR's Media Moves, and on the Thursday Women's Hometime show when she was co-presenter.
Cynthia has visited India around 20 times and lived in Mumbai for about 9 months from 1999 - 2001, where she attended the Mumbai International Film Festival.
She was also a finalist for Journalist of the Year for the Women’s Empowerment (WE) Journalism Awards last year in Hong Kong.
Tim has worked in the IT and telecommunications sector for over a decade, as a Senior Manager at Telstra and a Solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Bond University, Master of Public Policy from Monash University and Master of Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics.
While Tim’s ancestors arrived in Australia in the 1840s, his wife arrived in Australia from Hong Kong in the 1980s. In this way, Tim’s children are at once both second and sixth generation Australians. As a result, Tim is passionate about protecting the harmonious multicultural society in which we live and understands the specific needs of our multicultural communities.
Tim lives in Footscray with his wife and two children.
While Tim’s ancestors arrived in Australia in the 1840s, his wife arrived in Australia from Hong Kong in the 1980s. In this way, Tim’s children are at once both second and sixth generation Australians. As a result, Tim is passionate about protecting the harmonious multicultural society in which we live and understands the specific needs of our multicultural communities.
Tim lives in Footscray with his wife and two children.
Gurmeet Singh Sran hails from the city of Moga, Punjab in India and pursued his bachelor’s in Arts from Punjab University Chandigarh. Then he moved to New Zealand for his further studies in Film Making. He Graduated in Screen Writing and Film Direction from South Seas Film and Television School in Auckland, New Zealand. After his graduation he started as an Assistant Director and then moved onto directing various short films including The Unknown poison, Determination, Umeed- the Hope. Recently he finished working on full length feature film The Hidden Truth which has been officially selected to be screened at Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2016.
Roshan Bhandary has been working as a Program Manager at InTouch for the last 8 years. She has worked in the area of violence against women, social justice and community development for over 15 years locally and internationally. Being a migrant woman and from a CALD background herself, she brings a lot of experience and expertise in working with multicultural communities. At inTouch, she has played a central role in the development and implementation of several innovative projects across the spectrum of family violence. She is a trainer for family violence and cultural competency trainings. In 2015 she was inducted into Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll for her exemplary contribution to multicultural communities in Victoria.
A leading auteur of Bengali cinema, Srijit Mukherjee rose to prominence with Sayjajit Ray tribute film, Autograph (2010). Autograph won 41 awards and screened all across the world; and launched the career of a stylish and prominent filmmaker. With experience in directing, acting and writing, and a slate of award-winning and memorable films, including Rajkahini (2016), we’re excited to welcome the influential all-rounder to IFFM 2016.