Events

New South Wales

June 07–10
‘Vogelfrei’ screened in Sydney festival

The feature film Vogelfrei, in which four Latvian directors examine a day in the life of a man at four stages in his life, will be screened during the 55th Sydney Film Festival. The showings are at 4:20 p.m. June 7 in the Greater Union George Street, 505-525 George St., Sydney, and at 6:30 p.m. June 10, also in Greater Union George Street. The 92-minute film is in Latvian and Russian. Directors Jānis Kalējs, Gatis Šmits, Jānis Putniņš and Anna Viduleja will be present to discuss the film. For more on the festival, which runs from June 4-22, visit www.sydneyfilmfestival.org.

Guide to venues

Honorary Consul of Latvia

583 Darling St., Rozelle, NSW 2040

Latvian Australian Credit Cooperative Society Ltd.

32-34 Parnell St., Strathfield, NSW 2135

Web site

Latvian Welfare Association “Daugavas Vanagi”

32 Stanley St., Bankstown, NSW 2200

Latviešu ev. lut. Vienības draudze

P.O. Box 38, Strathfield, NSW 2135

Sidnejas ev.-lut. latviešu draudze

30 Bridge St., Homebush, NSW 2140

Web site

Sidnejas Latviešu biedrības pamatskola

32 Parnell St., Strathfield, NSW 2135

Sydney Latvian House

32 Parnell St., Strathfield, NSW 2135

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