Behrouz - Special Event Screening + Q&a

'Behrouz' is a feature documentary telling the story of Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist who fled the Iranian regime, seeking asylum in Australia in 2013.Transferred to Manus Island Detention prison a month after his arrival on Australian shores by boat, Behrouz spent over six years in detention. His reporting and writings from the Manus detention prison, using a smuggled mobile phone, brought to international notice the horrific reality of life for detainees. Behrouz was finally granted asylum in New Zealand in 2020. He now lives in Wellington.

His book 'No Friend but the Mountains’ written while in detention on his mobile phone has become one of the most celebrated books in Australia in recent times, winning Australia’s prestigious literary award, the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature. Behrouz His current book is Freedom Only Freedom – Prison writings of Behrouz Boochani.

At this special screening of Behrouz, Behrouz Boochani will join the film’s director Simon V Kurian for the post screening Q&A.

Screening supported by Wellington UNESCO City of Film.