An animation, narrated by two asylum-seeking men detained in Australia’s Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, recounting the dangerous journeys that brought them to the island and their memories of the riot that erupted in 2014.
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In July 2013, the Australian Government introduced a controversial immigration policy, transferring asylum seekers arriving by boat to remote offshore detention centres on foreign Pacific islands. Seven months later, the Manus Island centre erupted in violence when police and guards put down protests with sticks, machetes and guns, and 23 year-old asylum seeker Reza Barati was killed.
We spoke to Behrouz and Omar, who are currently detained on Manus Island. This film contains recordings of these conversations.
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AWARDS AND SCREENINGS:
WINNER: Best Short Documentary, Melbourne International Film Festival 2015
NOMINATED: Best Animation, Raindance 2015
SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR ANIMATION: San Francisco International Short Film Festival 2015
SHORT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION: Flickerfest 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Palm Springs Shorts Fest 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION: British Animation Film Festival 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Interfilm, Berlin 2015
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CREDITS
Directed and Produced by Lukas Schrank
Character Artwork by Luke Bicevskis
Executive producers
Carly Bojadziski | Gilbert Caluya | Neil Holden | Peter Murphy | Kevin Roberts | Lucy Best
2D Character animation
Lukas Schrank | Marisa Rossi
Matte painter
Himashis Karmakar
3D character rigging and animation
Elmer Frihdson Ona | Melvin Riego
3D face modelling
Edgar Marocsek
Production Design
Lukas Schrank
Music Composed by
Ian King
Sound design and mix by
Nick Ryder at Bamboo Audio
Colourist
Daniel Stonehouse at Crayon
Creative consultant
Peter Savieri
Editor
Chris Ward
Fixer
Hossein Babaahmadi
Copywriter
Emma Koster
Publicists
Soraya Dean
Miguel Oyarbide
Music
‘Gnossienes 1’
Written by Erik Satie
Performed by Carl Banner
