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| Downer cans film fest funding | |
| 2006-05-08 | |
Last December, the government pulled funding from the Jakarta International Film Festival because it objected to the screening of some movies. LOVE to know what the movies where. This story doesn't say as it focuses on lefty opposition taking the dirty Indo side, but I BET one of the films was an anti-Western jihadi flick. So I'm GLAD my taxes were withdrawn! They have no right to my tax dollars unless it is going to benefit me or my country in some way On the eve of the festival, organisers were told they would not be receiving the $16,000 promised by the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII). ha ha ha! The AII, a government-funded body set up to promote friendship between the two countries, had sponsored the festival in previous years. So they expected more "It's our right!" In response to a question on notice asking who made the decision to withdraw funding at the last minute, Mr Downer said: "I did." Some days I really like Downer. Mostly he's a useless tool but some days he is just brilliant | |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #4 Bravo ! Who would want to watch that crap anyway ? |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2006-05-08 20:32 |
| #3 Seems the Aussies didn't want to pay for jihadi films to be shown on their own soil. Good on ya. |
| Posted by: Spavimp Flainter5653 2006-05-08 13:19 |
| #2 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/dec2005/jiff-d15.shtml The Australian films in question are: The President versus David Hicks, which exposes the illegal detention of Australian citizen David Hicks in Guantánamo Bay; Garuda’s Deadly Upgrade, about the murder of Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib; Dhakiyarr versus the King, a documentary on the murder trial and subsequent disappearance of Aboriginal leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda over 70 years ago; and We Have Decided Not To Die, an 11-minute short about three individuals who escape death in a number of different and unusual ways. Indonesian censors had cleared all four films for the festival. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-08 08:23 |
| #1 I like Downer. Maybe he aint a rocket scientist, but he can cut through the PC BS and make good decisions. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-05-08 07:49 |