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
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
Sidnejas Latviešu biedrības pamatskola
32 Parnell St., Strathfield, NSW 2135
Sydney Latvian House
32 Parnell St., Strathfield, NSW 2135
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