Azadi

Azadi is a 2005 Australian short film, written and directed by award winning film-maker Anthony Maras, and produced in association with the Australian Film Commission, the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund and the South Australian Film Corporation. Azadi was one of the first serious dramas exploring the issue of mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia, was partially shot on location at Woomera and Baxter detention centres, and had many real-life refugees, detention centre guards and social workers involved in its making. The film has earned numerous accolades on the international festival circuit and has screened on broadcast television, festivals and at human rights events the world over. Every year, thousands of people...