IDFA ’15: George Gittoes returns with “Snow Monkey” “Snow Monkey is Australian filmmaker and artist George Gittoes’ (pictured, right) latest foray into tracking the tribulations and triumphs within war-torn Afghanistan. The 148-minute film, which was recently acquired by Tel Aviv-based distributor Cinephil, shadows the towering Australian as he persuades Jalalabad’s willing street gangs of children to […]
Snow Monkey is set for its Sydney premiere at the MCA, Circular Quay this Thursday 19th November at 6pm. “Discover the work of Australian artist and filmmaker and 2015 Sydney Peace Prize winner, George Gittoes, who examines the effects of injustice and global conflict. MCA presents the Sydney premiere of Gittoes’ new documentary Snow Monkey […]
George Gittoes & Hellen Rose attend the opening night gala of the Melbourne International Film Festival where Snow Monkey will premiere.
Snow Monkey to premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 3rd 2015. Purchase tickets here.
Film maker, painter and photographer George Gittoes, met the ice-cream boys wandering the streets of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, selling ice popsicles. And through them he tells the story of the politics, the culture and society of Afghanistan. One of the boys sells ice-cream to help feed his father’s heroin habit, another wants to take his […]
War artist and film maker George Gittoes takes us to the harsh streets of Jalalabad as well as the prison reserved for failed suicide bombers. He is back in Australia to edit his latest film Snow Monkey, about the Afghan city where he spends most of his time; a place he refers to as Taliban […]