FILEF – Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Emigrati e Famiglie

  • Italian Liberation Day celebration

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    25th April every year marks Italy's liberation from Nazi-facism. On this 79th commemoration of Italian Liberation Day, we wish to support the resistance of the Palestinian People against the Israeli aggression and over 70 years of illegal occupation of their lands. We also acknowledge the ongoing resistance to colonisation by the First Nations Peoples in Australia Tickets Free:…

  • Cinema Resistenza: The Battle of Algiers

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Continuing on with the theme of liberation and resistance, the people's struggles, this month we are showing The Battle of Algiers. The Battle of Algiers is a 1966 Italian-Algerian war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. It is based on action undertaken by rebels during the Algerian War (1954–1962) against the…

  • Film Screening: Fedayin, le combat de Georges Abdallah

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    "FEDAYIN traces the course of an indefatigable Arab Communist and fighter for Palestine. From the Palestinian refugee camps that shaped his conscience to international mobilizations for his release, this powerful film explores the situation of one of the longest-held political prisoners in Europe." - Palestine Cinema Entry by donation, all donations will go to Olive Kids…

  • Anti-fascist pasta party

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    FREE EVENT BOOKING IS NECESSARY FOR CATERING AND SEATING PURPOSES - TICKETS: https://events.humanitix.com/anti-fascist-pasta-night Come and share a free plate of pasta as we reflect on the resistance to fascism steeped in history and the ongoing contemporary vigilance against the rise of new forms of fascism(s). There will be a subtitled screening of a film…

  • Cinema Resistenza: Roma Citta Aperta

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    This month's Cinema Resistanza is screening the Roberto Rosselini film, Roma Citta Aperta (Rome, Open City). Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centres on a Resistance fighter trying to escape the city with the help of a Catholic priest. Open City is considered one of the most important and…

  • Cinema Resistenza: Perpera & My Name is Pengungsi (Refugee) — short films about West Papua

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Papuan journalist Victor Mambor will introduce two films that highlight conditions and developments in our near neighbour, West Papua, where there is civil and armed conflict, thousands of internally displaced people, and ongoing large-scale environmental destruction from mining and logging industries. My Name is Pengungsi (Refugee) Refugee…

  • Cinema Resistenza screening: Palestinians Don't Need Sidewalks

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Palestinians Don't Need Sidewalks takes us on a journey through occupied Palestine. It profiles, through Palestinian eyes, life under Israeli occupation. The film builds on the investigation of a Jewish professor, a Palestinian Australian student activist and a former politician into Israel’s settler colonial, apartheid society as documented in “Palestine Under Siege”. In 2024 “…

  • Pasta Antifascista

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Celebrating the end of the fascist regime in Italy & the victory of the Resistance. Pasta, music and song with Sicilian songstress Sonia Zardo. This is a free event but booking is essential for catering and seating purposes.