THE DIPLOMAT
DOCUMENTARY 2000
The Diplomat follows freedom fighter and Nobel Prize winner José Ramos Horta in the final tumultuous year of his 24 year campaign to secure independence for his country of East Timor.
STILLS
MY DIRECTOR’S NOTES
The Diplomat happened out of the blue. It was a ‘cold call’ from producer Sally Browning who rang me one day when I was having lunch at SBS. I was working at SBS Independent as a part time commissioning editor, a job I got not long after completing Billal. Sally asked me ‘would I be interested in directing a film about Jose Ramos-Horta’. I jumped at the chance….
AWARDS
AFI Awards for Best Film & Best Direction in a feature documentary
Voted audience favourite - Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals
Winner, Best Feature Hawaii International Film Festival
Also played in Toronto, Berlinale and over 30 international film festivals.