north east regional extra | 12 - 18 December, 2018
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12-18 December, 2018
By KYLIE WILSON
Exploring
humanity
◆ FOCUS ON FILMMAKING: Robyn Hughan’s documentary film on a refugee family, Journey Beyond Fear, is being received well by audiences across the North East and beyond.
GROWING up on a property in tranquil Tatong, Robyn Hughan always daydreamed about seeing the world and meeting new people. She remembers sitting in a paddock at her late father’s farm as a little girl and thinking, “one day, I’m going to discover that world out there”. And this urge to broaden her horizons has led to a rich career in documentary filmmaking. She has filmed a number of shorter documentaries, mainly focusing on refugees and other human rights issues, but has spent the past seven years working on a feature documentary, Journey Beyond Fear, concentrating on the plight of Afghan refugee Zahra and her family. Robyn said she began working on the film in 2011, after being asked by a Malaysian non-government agency (NGO) to visit some Afghan refugees on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur while she was in the city for screenings of one of her previous documentaries. Following extensive research and several visits, she began making the film, at times staying with Zahra and her family for extended periods of time in Malaysia. She said she made a conscious effort to avoid voiceovers to allow the family to speak for themselves and tell their own story. “It’s pretty much a human story,” Robyn said. “I like to let the characters speak for themselves.” Robyn said she was influenced greatly by Iranian cinema, which concentrates on intimate and honest moments and often uses metaphors to get the point across.
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