MAN IN THE MIRROR WAS PRODUCED BY INFORMATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (ICE)AS PART OF THE PARRADOCS PROGRAM, FUNDED BY PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCILTHROUGH ITS COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM AND SCREEN NSW. ICE IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW.

WORLD PREMIERE

MANINTHE

MIRRORSixteen-year old Arabic-speaking Iranian asylum seeker, Abbas,was first told in a Darwin detention centre that he looked likeMichael Jackson. Once out of detention he started researching,dressing and teaching himself to dance like the iconic King ofPop. As a MJ impersonator, Abbas has become a mini celebrityin his own right but all the fame and glitter hide the loneliness ofa young refugee. Australia | 2015 | 7 mins | Dir: Ali Mousawi Man in the Mirror screens

before feature film THEEB, setin the Arabian Desert in 1916. A Jordanian production that tells the story of a Bedouin boythat ventures on a treacherousjourney across the desert.Jordan | 100 min | Dir: Naji Abu Nowar

Screening at the 2015 Arab Film Festival Australia

Sunday 16 August | 8pmLennox Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta(Cnr Church and Market Streets)Tickets: $20 full / $15 concession

Purchase tickets in person from Box Office, by phone 02 8839 3399 or online www.arabfilmfestival.com.au.

Also screening Melbourne 21 August, and Canberra 28 August.

MEET THE DIRECTOR, CAST AND CREW

AFTER SCREENING