ReelOzInd 2021 Peoples' Choice Award Winner: “Don't Forget Us (La Tansouna)”

The people have spoken!

The ReelOzInd 2021 is proud to present its Peoples' Choice Award winner: “Don't Forget Us (La Tansouna)”! Congratulations to Sarah Ghassali (director/writer), Gaia Mitting (writer), Natasha Koutoufides (producer) and their team!

Shortlisted in ReelOzInd!’s Best Fiction category, the film follows Nour, a newly-arrived refugee seeking asylum in Australia. While a piece of narrative fiction, Ghassali says it “brings to the screen the real journey that millions of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers undergo to exercise their human right to seek asylum.”

Both Ghassali and Anton are Syrian migrants, part of a larger Swinburne University team comprised of what Ghassali describes as “a passionate team of emerging women and non-binary filmmakers of all walks of life.”

Read more about the interview with Sarah Ghassali here, to discuss the team’s big win, the film, and filmmaking amidst a pandemic. And you can head to the ReelOzInd! website to view this year's festival reel and other categories’ winners.