Broken Boat

When Jina a Kurdish poet escapes her oppressive homeland in Western Iran, she takes her beloved’s birthday gift – “Girl with the Pearl Earring” translated into Farsi – with her on a journey to seek political asylum in Australia. Chancing upon a community library, the invitation to ‘take a book, leave a book’ forges a poignant connection between her new landscape and the home she has left behind.

Directed by Angelo Salamanca

Cast

Josephine Eberhard

Jina

Sara Afshar

Fatima

Serge De Nardo

Artist

Francesca Whetter

Young Jina

Yama Atef

Jivan

Maryam Babaali

Jina's Voice

Zenab Saad

Young Woman at Library

Clancy Smith

Boat Captain

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