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HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 2008, at 6:30 PM

Film Society Presents The Image of Iranian Women in The Arts

SERENADES
(MOGHAZELE)

THE STORY OF A FORBIDDEN LOVE

a feature film by:

MOJGAN KHADEM

SPECIAL GUEST:
MOJGAN KHADEM
Writer and Director

It is 1890 in the outback deserts of Australia. The only form of transportation is via the camels brought down under by Afghan cameleers who service the remote desert communities, amongst them, the German Lutheran Missionaries who are there to convert the Aboriginal Natives to Christianity.

In this harsh landscape of the desert, women are a highly priced commodity. This is the story of Jila (living waters, in Aboriginal language) a part Afghan, part Aboriginal girl, born amidst the conflicts the Australian outback at the turn of the 20th century.

 

 

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Mojgan Khadem

 

    

BIOGRAPHY:

Mojgan Khadem, obtained her diploma in theater and performance, from Box Hill College of Tafe (Melbourne) in 1987. In 1991, she graduated from the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney with a bachelor of arts in film directing and editing. Her graduate film ‘Requiem’ won the Certificate of Merit’ at the Chicago Film Festival. Her professional career began in the role of Script Supervisor/ Continuity on numerous Australian Shorts and Features. In 1997, Mojgan moved to Adelaide to research the history of the Afghan cameleers in the outback of Australia, and this led her to write/direct her first feature film entitled ‘Serenades’. ‘Serenades’ was theatrically released in 2001, through PALACE FILMS, and in 2002, the film was awarded the best director trophy and the Bronze Torch for 3rd best film at the Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea. In 2003 Mojgan was appointed by the Premier of South Australia, Hon. Mike Rann, to serve on the board of the Adelaide Film Festival, a position she held till 2007.