The January program will include the winning ASEAN entries from the Australia now sponsored ASEAN FLiCKERFEST 2020 Competition.

The three selected ASEAN finalists will win a trip to their screening at FLiCKERFEST 2020, including: airfares, accommodation, travel expenses, development and networking opportunities with industry professionals while in Australia.

2020 is promising to be a bumper program with FLiCKERFEST celebrating its 29th year of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world.  The Academy® Accredited and BAFTA-recognised festival program spans 10 days & nights of special showcases and competitions – so join us on the red carpet in Bondi this January!

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Malawurr have been travelling the world, sharing traditional songlines from the Gälpu Clan of North East Arnhem Land in Australia. Larry Larrtjaŋga Gurruwiwi and his brothers, Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi and Vernon Marrit’ŋu Gurruwiwi, are all sons of legendary didgeridoo Master and Gälpu Clan leader Djalu Gurruwiwi. They were all featured in the film ‘Westwind: Djalu’s Legacy’ which tells the story of Djalu passing his songlines over to his sons to carry. To witness these songlines in the flesh is a truly mesmerising experience. The brothers are also members of heavyweight Arnhem Land  band Bärra West Wind, and are currently working on a new feature film called Morning Star.

The festival theme is – Revitalising Community Culture – and the event forms part of the Indigenous Speaker Series (celebrating the International Year of Indigenous Languages), managed by First Languages Australia in partnership with  Australia now ASEAN.

The Living Arts Cultural Festival runs from 15-17 November at the Malaysian Tourism Centre (MaTiC) on Jalan Ampang and the Square, Publika. Malawurr will be performing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit the festival site to confirm times.

The Living Arts Festival will showcase diverse cultural traditions from Malaysia and other nations, such as Turkey and Canada. Read more about the festival, and contact fiza@jkkn.gov.my/n.haffidah@jkkn.gov.my for workshop registration.

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Luke George is an award winning choreographer and performer who creates new performance work borne out of experimental creative processes and collaborations. Based in Melbourne, George is engaged in international residencies, collaborations and performances and his works have been presented extensively throughout Australia, Japan, U.S.A. and Europe. Daniel Kok is an acclaimed dancer and performer based in Singapore. In recent years Daniel has received an MA (Distinction) in Solo-Dance-Authorship (SODA) at the Inter-University Centre for Dance in Berlin, and in 2008 won the laureate of the Young Artist Award from National Arts Council in Singapore.

Join us in the conversation with Luke and George about collaboration, international exchange and the upcoming artistic project ‘Hundreds +Thousands’.  The conversation will be hosted by Grey Yeogh, an International Development consultant for South & Southeast Asia for the Australia Council for the Arts and Vanessa Lloyd, General Manager of Performance Space.

The after talk reception includes drinks, nibbles and networking opportunities.

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SpatialCo and local NGO Doh Eain, will join forces to use the opportunity to engage and contribute to a celebration and reflection upon Doh Eain’s Alley Garden program.

SpatialCo is a creative practice that explores the application of emerging technologies, and is made up of architects, designers, visualisers and technicians.  Doh Eain means ‘Our Home’ and is a multi-discipline restoration and place-making social enterprise based in Yangon, Myanmar.

The project will be conducted over two visits to Yangon, starting with ‘Understanding Place: Botanics & the City‘ – November 13 to November 25 2019, followed by a second visit in late January 2020 – ‘Making Place: Art in the Alley‘, which will involve a series of workshops and the installation of community art into a Yangon Alley.

The sessions are free to attend, please RSVP to contact@doheain.com

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The one-day experience was designed by CEA to help participants develop the mindset and tools used by the world’s brightest and most successful innovators and entrepreneurs. Students will learn to use critical thinking and collaboration to generate new ideas in an engaging and thought-provoking environment

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Two musicians from each orchestra will form a string quartet, performing selections of Australian and Singaporean music at the opening of the S$3.7 billion mixed-use development by Lendlease, on October 24.

MSO Managing Director, Ms Galaise said the performance was a landmark event in the cultural partnership between two great organisations.

“This is the first major step in allowing each organisation to deepen its understanding of the other’s cultural and social practices,” Ms Galaise said.

“Over the next three years we look forward to welcoming more SSO musicians to our part of the world and working with them on the biggest project the MSO has ever mounted, Mahler 8: Symphony of a Thousand in October 2020.”

A four-year cultural partnership between the MSO and SSO was signed in 2018 and was born out of the Australian Singapore Cultural Leaders Forum (2017) convened by the Australia-Singapore Arts Group (ASAG). The partnership promotes the exchange of musicians, administrative staff, conductors, and the development of co-commissions and touring.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra CEO Mr Chng Hak Peng said the performance represents the greater cultural connection between the two countries.

“The opening of this Lendlease property reflects growing friendship between Australian and Singaporean businesses, just like that between the MSO and SSO,” Mr Chng said.

“We look forward to more opportunities for creative collaboration with MSO such as with their ambitious Mahler 8 production next year.”

An instrumental figure in the creation of the MSO-SSO cultural partnership, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore Mr KWOK Fook-Seng said the performance was an excellent example of two great arts organisations coming together.

“The Melbourne Symphony and Singapore Symphony Orchestra are the pre-eminent orchestras of both nations,” Mr KWOK Fook-Seng said.

“Having both orchestras collaborating so closely in the one performance is symbolic of the deep ties between our two nations. I look forward to seeing their relationship flourish over the coming years.”

National Museum of Australia Director and Australian-Singapore Arts Group (ASAG) co-chair Dr Mat Trinca said the Paya Lebar Quarter event supports the commitment on behalf of both countries to identify the prospects for cultural exchange and relationship-building.

“These performance opportunities are positive for all parties,” Dr Trinca said.

“Strengthening the bond between our two countries’ arts and culture sectors, through the MSO and SSO is vital to our commitment to growth and mutual cultural understanding.

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The highlight performance of the festival will be the Cambodian premiere of Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia.  

Come and enjoy a 10 day program of exhibitions, talks and screenings that will give people the opportunity to engage with the work of the many artists and organisations involved in the Cambodian cultural sector.
An online program – including exhibitions and a “virtual festival” – will extend the reach of the festival to people unable to physically be present in Phnom Penh, both in Cambodia and overseas, as well as creating a legacy from the festival.  Come and soak up this one of a kind festival of youth, peace, music, culture and colour!

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Women in News and Sport (WINS) are running two workshops back to back in the lead up to the SEA Games this month, with the focus on women’s sport coverage.

For those participants in Manila, it’s about highlighting the lesser known sports competing in the event – while also having the opportunity to perfect their commentating skills.

Meanwhile in Jakarta the women will be learning how to dig deeper into the issues behind sport though an investigative sports journalism course.

WINS is run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s International Development team and funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Women in News and Sport (WINS) initiative is a training and mentoring program that provides female journalists in the Pacific and Asia with the tools to carve out a career in the male-dominated world of sports media.

WINS works in three areas – providing skills training and industry knowledge (including an intensive workshop); improving multi-platform content creation (with a special focus on women’s sport); and networking with other women in media and sport. The program includes mentoring participants through sports coverage and seeks to promote women in sport from elite to community levels, and amplify women’s voices in sports coverage.

PHOTO: Award winning investigative journalist Wahyu Dhyatmika from Tempo Media spoke to Jakarta journalists about the importance of collaboration at the WINS workshop in Indonesia. (ABC- Karen Shrosbery)

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The literary festival is the first of its kind to be organized in Thailand and offers the public an opportunity to engage in, and hear first-hand from, well known local and international authors in panel discussions, writing workshops and literary and poetry readings.

The festival will be held over two days on November 16-17, with events scheduled from 10am to 8pm. The event will be split over two venues: The Neilson Hays Library and the British Club Bangkok.

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Supported by leading Central Vietnam businesses, this big Aussie BBQ is the first major event to kick off Taste of Australia festivities in Vietnam for 2019. Relax while listening to live music, and learn a few tips from celebrity chefs Luke Nguyen and Ngo Thanh Hoa. There’s plenty for the kids with a bouncy castle, slip and slide, and Aussie rules football. Don’t miss our fun filled games and activities for both young, and young at heart, like egg & spoon and sack races, as well as tug of war – with prizes for the winning team!

Bring along the family – you may walk away with lucky draw prizes sponsored by our amazing event partners.  Read more about this exciting event.

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