The Opposition (film)

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The Opposition is a 2016 investigative documentary. [1] [2] [3] [4] directed by Hollie Fifer. [5] [6] The film follows Joe Moses as he struggles to save his community from policemen wielding machetes and guns descending on the Paga Hill Settlement in Papua New Guinea to bulldoze their houses to the ground. [7]

The Opposition was produced by Madeleine Hetherton-Miau and Rebecca Barry [8] from the production company Media Stockade. [9]

The Opposition won the 2018 OzFlix Independent Film Awards [10] [11] and was nominated for ‘Best Documentary Feature Film’ at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. [12] [13] [14] The film was also awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 2017 International Pacific Documentary Film Festival FIFO. [15] [16] In 2017, The Opposition was one of the finalists for ‘Feature Documentary of the Year’ at the Screen Producers Australia Awards. [17]

Festivals and awards

Festival/AwardOutcomeYear
IDFA [18] Official Selection2016
HotDocs [19] Official Selection2016
CPH:DOX [20] Official Selection2017
DocEdge [21] Official Selection2017
FIFO Tahiti [22] Official Selection2017
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival [23] Official Selection2017
Sydney Film Festival [24] Official Selection2017
Human Rights Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival [25] Official Selection2017
Human Rights, Arts and Film Festival [26] Official Selection2017
Asia Pacific Screen Awards - Best Documentary Feature Film [27] Nominated2017
Diritti Umani Lugano Film Festival [28] Official Selection2017
Screen Producers Australia Awards - Feature Documentary of the Year [29] Finalist2017
Ozflix Independent Film Awards [30] Winner2018

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  2. ↑ Quinn, Karl (April 28, 2017). "Legal battles over, controversial doco The Opposition finally gets home debut". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "The Opposition (2016) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au.
  4. ↑ "'The Opposition' to make Aussie premiere at Human Rights Arts and Film Fest". IF Magazine. May 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hollie Fifer's 'The Opposition': a censored film appears at Hot Docs". Point of View Magazine. 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hollie Fifer: In Favour of Factual Filmmaking | Australian Film Television and Radio School". www.aftrs.edu.au.
  7. ↑ "The Opposition". The Collaborative. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Rebecca Barry: Filmmaker and Impact Producer. (Part 1)". March 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Media Stockade Pty Ltd - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia.
  10. ↑ "Ozflix Independent Film Awards (2018)". IMDb.
  11. ↑ "THE OZFLIX 2019 INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS (THE "OZZIES")".
  12. ↑ "The Opposition - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ↑ "Nominees for Asia Pacific Screen Awards announced".
  14. ↑ Keast, Jackie (October 13, 2017). "'Sweet Country' earns three Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations". IF Magazine.
  15. ↑ "The Opposition wins top prize at Tahiti FIFO". RNZ. February 13, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Controversial film on PNG squatters wins at FIFO". RNZ. February 14, 2017.
  17. ↑ "2017 Awards Finalists » Screen Producers Australia". 101.0.114.235.
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  19. ↑ "Hot Docs 2016 Women Directors: Meet Hollie Fifer — "The Opposition"". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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  21. ↑ "Here's What's Playing at the 2017 Documentary Edge Film Festival". Flicks. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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