Japan Premiere
Directed by Heather Kirkpatrick
Australia / 2013 / 81 min / Documentary
Tasmania's first detention centre opens and local knitting club member Mary, a Christian pensioner, is not welcoming of the 400 male asylum seekers - mostly from Afghanistan. Mohammad is a Muslim asylum seeker detained within the centre. An unlikely friendship develops between Mary and Mohammad after her knitting club donates them beanies. Mary finds many of her old beliefs are challenged as her relationship with Mohammad deepens.
