When Jina a Kurdish poet escapes her oppressive homeland in Western Iran, she takes her beloved’s birthday gift – “Girl with the Pearl Earring” translated into Farsi – with her on a journey to seek political asylum in Australia. Chancing upon a community library, the invitation to ‘take a book, leave a book’ forges a poignant connection between her new landscape and the home she has left behind.
Maryam Babaali
Writer
Angelo Salamanca
Writer, Director
Josephine Eberhard
Jina
Sara Afshar
Fatima
Serge De Nardo
Artist
Francesca Whetter
Young Jina
Yama Atef
Jivan
Maryam Babaali
Jina's Voice
Zenab Saad
Young Woman at Library
Clancy Smith
Boat Captain
Sweetness in the Belly62%
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet73%
Romancing the Stone67%
Queen of the Desert58%
The Secret of Moonacre65%
Before I Fall69%
Three Thousand Years of Longing68%
The Princess Diaries70%
Godmothered67%
Begotten59%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms61%
The Stepford Wives66%
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey61%
The History of Love64%
Tuesday67%
Empire of the Sun75%
Mad Max 273%
The One and Only Ivan73%
The Cider House Rules70%
