A Calcutta Christmas (1998) is a film about a group of elderly Anglo-Indians living in a Home in Kolkata. I was moved to make this film after I visited and realised that many of the elderly residents felt a strong connection to Australia, yearning for their families who had emigrated there, even though they themselves would likely never visit. Theirs was a hidden world… and yet still, some of them dreamed of Australia

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Producer: Denise Haslem
Writer/Director: Maree Delofski
Cinematographer: Himman Dhamija
Sound Recordist: Pat Fiske
Editor: Andrew Plain
Distribution: www.filmaust.com.au

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Finalist, Best Documentary, Australian Film Institute Awards
Finalist, Best Director, Documentary, Australian Film Institute Awards
Finalist, Best Documentary, Critics Circle of Australia
Finalist, Distinguished Achievement in Documentary Award, Int Documentary Association
Certificate of Merit (2000) San Francisco International Film Festival (Golden Gate Awards) Television. Category 6. Society & Culture
Silver Conch (2000) Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary
Short & Animation Films (MIFF) (International Video Competition - Non-fiction up to 60 mins)
Bronze WorldMedal - Television Documentary and Information Programs - Human Relations (1999) New York Festivals: International Television Programming & Promotion
Honorable Mention (1999) EthnoFilm Fest, Berlin
Chicago Silver Images Film Festival (1999) Best of Documentary Section