http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26054775-12377,00.html

Balibo Five movie bound for London
September 10, 2009 

Article from:  Australian Associated Press 
AUSTRALIAN director Bob Connolly's new film about the murder of the Balibo Five 
will have its European premiere at the London Film Festival in October.

The film, which was released in Australia in August, will screen alongside 190 
feature films and 113 shorts from more than 50 countries being showcased at the 
festival. 

Connolly has already taken the film to East Timor and will screen it at the 
Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. 

Since the film's premiere in Australia, the Australian Federal Police have 
announced a war crimes inquiry into the killings of the five Australian-based 
newsmen by Indonesian forces in 1975. 

Three other Australian features are on the London festival's program - Jane 
Campion's romantic tragedy Bright Star, Warwick Thornton's acclaimed debut 
feature Samson & Delilah and Scott Hicks' comedy drama Boys Are Back. 

Three short films by Australian filmmakers - Cicada, Hawker and Mandarin Peel - 
will also be shown. 

The festival opens on October 14 with the premiere of Wes Anderson's Fantastic 
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