Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time
Documentary, 2017
Directed by Behrouz Boochani, Arash Kamali Sarvestani
Written by Behrouz Boochani, Arash Kamali Sarvestani
Filmed on a mobile phone from inside Manus Island detention centre, journalist and Manus Island detainee, Behrouz Boochani, collaborated in secret with Iranian-Dutch filmmaker, Arash Kamali Sarvestani, to produce this film. The result offers audiences a rare glimpse into life behind the security gates for hundreds of asylum seekers currently held in indefinite detention. We are offered first hand accounts of mistreatment, intimidation and the psychological strain that many detainees experience day to day. As Tom Clift (Junkee Magazine) expressed “It’s impossible to sit through Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time without feeling an overwhelming sense of shame.” The film’s purpose is to provide a voice to the silenced perspectives of Manus Island detainees and we owe it to them to listen.
NOMINEE: Grierson Award, London Film Festival 2017
NOMINEE: Audience Award, Sydney Film Festival 2017
Behrouz
Documentary, 2022
Directed by Simon V Kurian
Behrouz is a feature documentary telling the story of Behrouz Boochani. The film follows Behrouz as he navigates the life in detention, and leads the resistance to indefinite detention. And finally, his life in Christchurch, New Zealand as a free man, after over six years of detention on Manus Island.