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Offering audiences a chance to see acclaimed films rarely screened in Australia, ‘Children of Independence’ charts the recent development of filmmaking from the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Emerging from years of Soviet Union rule, which heavily restricted what stories could be told, a new wave of filmmakers born after the declaration of independence in 1991 are leading the rise of films that unflinchingly have much to say about injustice, culture and tradition.

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QAGOMA acknowledges the generous assistance of DAVRA in providing materials for the short films in this program. Program curated by Rosie Hays, Australian Cinémathèque.