Small world, big screen

June 19, 2002
Issue 
496
Culture

SYDNEY — Once again, the screens of the State Theatre and Dendy Opera Quays have come alive with a feast of cinema from across the globe. The 49th Sydney Film Festival continues until June 21, with the theme "Small world, big screen".

A number of films feature the issue of refugees. Borders tells the moving story of seven Senegalese refugees making the hopeful journey to a new life in Europe, Escape to Paradise details the heartbreaking struggle of a Turkish man seeking political asylum in Switzerland and L'Afrance reveals how life in Paris goes from great to horrible when a young Senegalese man neglects to renew his residency permit.

Coming issues of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly will contains reviews of these and other films. Visit . Pictured is Duzgun Ayhan, star and director of Escape to Paradise.

From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, June 19, 2002.
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