How two strangers made a landmark movie together

By Arnold Zable
Updated October 6 2017 - 5:28pm, first published 5:24pm
For online composite image, Behrouz Boochani and Arash Kamali Sarvestani
For online composite image, Behrouz Boochani and Arash Kamali Sarvestani
chauka at Manus Island IMAGES SUPPLIED via Michael Gordon Pub date 4th Sept 2014 THE AGE
chauka at Manus Island IMAGES SUPPLIED via Michael Gordon Pub date 4th Sept 2014 THE AGE
Iranian filmmaker Arash Kamali Sarvestani in Melbourne, June 2017. Photos by Arnold Zable SUPPLIED via Maher?? Mughrabi for THE AGE Weekend Features 27th September 2017
Iranian filmmaker Arash Kamali Sarvestani in Melbourne, June 2017. Photos by Arnold Zable SUPPLIED via Maher?? Mughrabi for THE AGE Weekend Features 27th September 2017
Refugee Behrouz Boochani from Iran, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday 11 April 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Embargoed for feature by Michael Gordon)
Refugee Behrouz Boochani from Iran, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday 11 April 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Embargoed for feature by Michael Gordon)
Refugee Behrouz Boochani from Iran, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday 11 April 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Embargoed for feature by Michael Gordon)
Refugee Behrouz Boochani from Iran, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday 11 April 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen (Embargoed for feature by Michael Gordon)

This weekend, audiences at the London Film Festival will watch a film about the men detained on Manus Island. Behind this film lies a tale about a friendship and a creative partnership, formed across oceans, between two people who are yet to meet.

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