Kathmandu:

The Australian Embassy along with Australian Film Commission will be organising the Australian Embassy Film Roadshow from January 14 to 19 at the Russian Culture Centre. This is the sixth year that the show is being held and will include six contemporary movies which captures the history, culture and values of Australia.

At the press meet, Australian Ambassador, Graeme Lede also announced the two Nepalis interests that had been awarded Sport Development Grants under the Australian Sports Outreach Programme administered by Australian Sports Commission. One grant of 20,000 Australian dollars was given to Cricket Association of Nepal. The other grant of 10,000 Australian dollars was provided to Chairman of National Association for Sports, Health and Fitness, Nepal Diwakar Lal Amatya, for overall responsibility of an Australian manual on sports training for people with disabilities.

The schedule for the movies are as follows:

Danny Deck Chair (123 minutes), January 14, 5.30 pm

The movie is about an ordinary guy who moves out of his loveless relationship into a new world where he gets a chance to stand out from the crowd and finds love.

Looking Both Ways (100 minutes), January 15, 5.30 pm

It is an innovative mix of live action and animation. Different people in whose life unexpected happenings occur cross paths creating and intriguing picture that is intimate, universal and uplifting.

Storm Boy (87 minutes), January 16, 5.30 pm

This story is about a young boy who lives in the wild Coorong wetlands of South Australia with his father. One day he rescues a pelican orphaned by hunters with the help of an Aboriginal, and the become inseparable but only until the outside world finds out about it.

The Rage in Placid Lake (90 minutes) January 17, 5.30 pm

Placid Lake is a boy who follows his heart to the level that it leads him to convalescing in a full body cast pondering whether it is good for the health. He decides against it and takes the road usually travelled to fit in, even if it kills him.

Jindabyne (100 minutes) January 18, 5.30 pm

When Stewart Kane decides to go on a fishing trip to an isolated hill country with three other men they find the body of a girl in the river. And so unfolds the story of a murder and a marriage.

Newsfront (110 minutes) January 19, 5.30 pm

In late 1940s, before the coming of television in Australia, Len Maguire and Chris cover big news stories for a newsreel company. But times are changing and it is their struggles to maintain principles in turbulent times.

Tickets are priced at Rs 30 each and are available at the Australian Embassy, Hotel Radisson, Himalayan Java, Jeans Café and Courtyard. Proceeds will be given to Nepal Wheel Chair Club.