Mixed reaction to premiere of eagerly awaited Assyrian film 'Journey of Eternity'

Journey of Eternity

Ninos Emmanuel in front of the movie's poster at Hoyts CInema Credit: SBS Assyrian

Long-awaited movie 'Journey of Eternity' by Assyrian director Frank Gilbert premiered in Australia in early February to a warm reception.


The movie had only four sessions to be shown in the Hoyts Cinema at Stockland, Wetherill Park, according to Sargon Kaleta, one of the organisers of this event.

Mr Sargon said: "Due to Australian laws, the movie has to be classified as an event movie; any event movie can not have more than four sessions; otherwise, different taxes have to be paid to the government."

The four sessions on Friday and Sunday were sold out, two days after tickets went on sale.

SBS Assyrian, who was there at one of the Sunday sessions, managed to interview some people who watched the film and asked for their opinions.

There were mixed reactions among the attendees. Some were disappointed it didn't fulfil their expectations that the movie would be about the life and death of the Assyrian martyrs, executed by the Baath regime in the early 1980s.

Others say they were delighted and proud as they saw a professional movie of an international standard that illustrated the sufferings and persecution of the Assyrian nation.

We leave you with comments and thoughts of the audience and what they had to say.

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