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Behind the film: The Smiling Boy
Neil Sanders is the director of the powerful film The Smiling Boy for the song written and performed by Farhard Bandesh. Recently Neil spent time to share the background and work behind the film with our Producer & Programer Annie Murray. The full article dives into the issues faced by Kurdish refugees and Farhard’s own…
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World Premier: The Smiling Boy – By Farhad Bandesh
As of tomorrow, Farhad Bandesh, a Kurdish refugee has been incarcerated in Australia for eight years. He refers to this time on Manus island, as his ‘eighth prison birthday’. The Smiling Boy – a song by Farhad – bears the same name as a poignant photograph taken in 1989. This image depicts two lines of…
