‘Nothing About Us Without Us: Community-Led Documentaries’. Moderated by Ana Tiwary of Diversity in Australian Media; featuring filmmakers;

Su Goldfish (The Last Goldfish)

Amin Palangi (Love, Marriage Kabul + Persian Film Festival)

and Adrian Russell Wills (Black Divas);

curated by OzDox’s own Donna Hogan.

This forum focuses on issues surrounding representation, diversity and autobiography in docos. Join us in person or on the livestream. It’s short notice, we know, so we really need you to come out to AFTRS and *mingle with your people*!

[via Wikipedia] “Nothing About Us Without Us!” is a slogan used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by that policy. This involves national, ethnic, disability-based, or other groups that are often thought to be marginalised from political, social, and economic opportunities.

How do documentaries change when they’re stories told about the self? We’ve invited 3 documentary directors to talk about their experiences telling stories about their own lives,or about their own communities – stories that don’t normally get told from the inside.

$10 donation entry, discounts for students.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday June 20, 2018 @ 9:15 PM

WHERE: Victoria Theatre - 2961 16TH ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103

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Australian filmmaker Su Goldfish turns her camera on herself, in this deeply affecting documentary about her own decades-long search for identity, a sense of belonging, and the truth about her father’s traumatic past.

Born in Trinidad, Goldfish spent an idyllic childhood on the Caribbean island with her English mother and German father. It was just the three of them—though letters for her father, written in German (which she never learned because her father refused to speak it at home), occasionally arrived from France. Then, as a young teenager, Goldfish made some surprising discoveries about her enigmatic but charming father—first, that he had an ex-wife and children living in Canada and, second, that he was Jewish, and that he had just barely escaped the Holocaust, landing in Trinidad as a refugee in 1939.

As Goldfish finds and establishes her own identity as a young queer woman and artist in Australia in the 1970s and ’80s, she sets about uncovering her father’s extraordinary and heartbreaking story. It’s a journey that will take her around the world: back to Germany and on to the far corners of the European Jewish diaspora, as she seeks to know not only the ghosts of the past but also newly discovered living relatives. Beautifully augmented by a personal archive of photos that stretches across a century, this powerful documentary also reveals the repercussions of forced migration across generations.

— CHARLES PURDY

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Special Film Screening: "The Last Goldfish" (7 pm)

Adult, adults, Film, Film Screening, menorah, ACE

Date: June 10, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm

Location: 

Boulder JCC

Contact: Jodi Zicklin Email: jodi@boulderjcc.org

Special Screening of "The Last Goldfish"
With Director Su Goldfish in person

Manfred Goldfish tried to suppress the trauma that made him a refugee in 1939. When his filmmaker daughter unearths her father's extraordinary story, she also discovers where she belongs. 

Su Goldfish was raised in Trinidad, but moved to Australia when she was thirteen, following an attempted military coup. As a child, Su didn't realize she was white. As an adult, she finds a new family in Sydney's queer community, learns she is Jewish - and that she has half-siblings on the other side of the world. The search eventually leads her to Boulder and Marilyn Pinsker.

Told through a personal archive stretching across a century, this search for one lost family reveals the repercussions of forced migration across generations.

Watch the Trailer

Sunday, June 10 | 4pm and 7 pm | FREE - Register Now

The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the Australian High Commission will premiere the film: The Last Goldfish (2017) on Wednesday 6th June, 2018 at the Central Bank Auditorium, Eric Williams Financial Complex, Port of Spain commencing 6:45 p.m.
 
The Last Goldfish (2017) is an award winning documentary directed by Su Goldfish and highlights the story of a young woman’s search for her lost family. After her father’s suppression of the trauma of becoming a refugee, Su became determined to uncover her family’s past. Her exploration led her from Australia to Trinidad and Tobago; the land of her birth; where she discovered her German-born father’s Jewish Heritage.

INFORMATION
 
Tickets for the premiere cost $100.00 and are available at the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago’s office, 68-70 Sackville Street, Port of Spain and Wack 90.1 FM, Coffee Street, San Fernando.
 
For further information or to purchase tickets please contact Chenelle Spooner at 225-4750 ext. 1075 or 706-6316 or via email at chenelle.spooner@planning.gov.tt.

The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the Australian High Commission will screen the film: The Last Goldfish (2017) on Monday 4th June, 2018 at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando commencing 10am.
 
The Last Goldfish (2017) is an award winning documentary directed by Su Goldfish and highlights the story of a young woman’s search for her lost family. After her father’s suppression of the trauma of becoming a refugee, Su became determined to uncover her family’s past. Her exploration led her from Australia to Trinidad and Tobago; the land of her birth; where she discovered her German-born father’s Jewish Heritage.
 
Cost: $75.00

INFORMATION
 
For further information or to purchase tickets please contact Chenelle Spooner at 225-4750 ext. 1075 or 706-6316 or via email at chenelle.spooner@planning.gov.tt.

We're back in Manhattan. So thrilled to be part of the NYCIFF this coming May. A festival that promotes independent film and supports filmmakers. Just wish I could be there.

BUY TICKETS HERE

The Last Goldfish is going to Texas! The USA Film Festival  is a 48-year-old, Dallas-based, film festival dedicated to the recognition of excellence in the film arts and to bringing filmmakers and audiences together.  

48th Annual USA Film Festival
April 25-29, 2018

Angelika Film Center Dallas

BOOKING AND SCREENING INFO

Since I Left You a cute little wine bar with a courtyard are screening The Last Goldfish, come down for a drink, stuff your face with popcorn and sip on Four Pillars Gin!
Tickets are only $5 with all proceeds going to charity.

Wednesday 28 March at 7pm
Book your table at info@sinceileftyou.com.au and pay on arrival. 

The New Renaissance Film Festival (NRFF) AMSTERDAM is a beautifully curated film festival screening at LAB111. They provide a platform for independent filmmakers from around the world. Focusing on the ARTIST, on the STORY and on building a COMMUNITY of inspiring storytellers.

Thursday 1 March at 8:15pm

Thrilled to be part of the program. Screening info HERE.

We're thrilled to have been selected for the Adelaide Film Festival 2017.

You can get your tickets here. 

Fresh from Sydney Film Festival The Last Goldfish is off to entertain Bundaberg audiences!

See full TFF program below or download the PDF here.

Book tickets HERE.

A bonus screening of The Last Goldfish at the Sydney Film Festival 2017.

The Last Goldfish premieres at the Sydney Film Festival 2017.