Iranian refugee's film shot on mobile phone shows life inside...

Iranian refugee's film shot on mobile phone shows life inside Manus Island detention centre


By PNG correspondent Eric Tlozek
Updated yesterday at 2:26pm
Photo: It took Behrouz Boochani (left) months to collect the material and send the files using a slow mobile phone internet connection. (Supplied)

Audiences around the world will soon have the chance see what life is like inside one of Australia's offshore detention centres.

An Iranian refugee in the Manus Island detention centre has released a feature film he shot from inside its walls.

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist who continues to write articles from detention, shot the film entirely on a mobile phone.

He worked with a Dutch-Iranian director to put it together, giving audiences a unique insight into a place where the media is not allowed to go.

The filmmakers said they wanted to show audiences the debilitating nature of indefinite detention.

They believe the passing of time and the asylum seekers' uncertainty about their fate have become a type of torture.

"When you are in jail, you are a criminal and you will stay there for five years, two months, or 50 years and you know when the jail will be finished," Sarvestani said.

"But the people held in Manus and Nauru detention centres, they have no idea about the time anymore, and that's absolutely horrible."

The film focuses on the mundane events in the centre, to highlight the boredom of detainees and the seemingly endless days of life on Manus Island

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-...shows-life-inside-manus-island-centre/8411048