Writer/Dir. Alex HOLMES
Editor Simon NJOO
Producer Helen PANKHURST
Cinematographer Geoff SIMPSON, Martin McGRATH
Funded by SCREEN AUSTRALIA
8-year-old Ali lives in a refugee detention centre with his mother and little sister Fatima. When his mother's precious knitting needles are confiscated, Ali is forced to take action. Desperate to save his family, he hatches a plan using a ball and the help of a girl on the other side of the razor-wire fence.
Winner Best Short Fiction Film, Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival, 2008
Winner Best Direction in an Australian Short Film, Icebergs Award, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, 2009
Nominated Best Direction in Short Film - Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2009
Selected for Competition Generation Kplus - Berlin International Film Festival, 2009
Highly Commended Award - Mumbai International Film Festival Selected for Competition, 2010
Winner Best Youth’s Movie Award - First International film and video festival for children and youth, Mérida, Venezuela, 2011
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2008
Dubai International Film Festival, 2008
Escape ArtFest, 2008
Adelaide Film Festival, 2009
London Australian Film Festival, 2009
St Kilda Film Festival, 2009
ViewFinders International Film Festival for Children, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2009
11th Mo & Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, Hamburg, 2009
REELkids Film Festival, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 2009
International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Madrid, 2010
Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre de Humberto Solás, Cuba, 2011
2011 First International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Venezuela
