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  • 2019
  • Sentient Art Film
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2019
  • Sentient Art Film
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary On an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, land crabs migrate in their millions from the jungle to the sea. The same jungle hides a high-security Australian detention centre where thousands of asylum seekers have been locked away indefinitely. Their only connection to the outside world is trauma counsellor Poh Lin Lee.

Directed By: Gabrielle Brady

Written By: Gabrielle Brady

  • 2019
  • Sentient Art Film
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2019
  • Sentient Art Film
  • 1 h 38 m

Island of the Hungry Ghosts

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary On an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, land crabs migrate in their millions from the jungle to the sea. The same jungle hides a high-security Australian detention centre where thousands of asylum seekers have been locked away indefinitely. Their only connection to the outside world is trauma counsellor Poh Lin Lee.

Directed By: Gabrielle Brady

Written By: Gabrielle Brady

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
77
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17% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
77
83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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100
Mar 7, 2019
Ethereal, intensely moving.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 14, 2019
It’s a humane, compassionate film, simultaneously full of beauty, sadness and struggle.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 4, 2019
The film is a haunting portrait of the island as a purgatorial realm between the poles of isolation and liberation.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 7, 2019
Nonetheless, Island of the Hungry Ghosts casts an undeniably hypnotic spell. The documentary also serves as an important reminder that the United States is far from alone in mistreating its would-be immigrants.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 27, 2018
The film is as much an exploration of often contradictory human attitudes towards migration as it is towards the experiences of the refugees themselves.
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42
May 2, 2018
By refusing to illuminate the detainees’ stories or the humanitarian crisis—not widely reported enough for Brady to take the audience’s familiarity as a given—they are trapped inside, The Island of Hungry Ghosts relegates itself to being little more than a pretty but wispy curiosity that fails its beleaguered subjects.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Chromosom Film, Echotango, Third Films, Various Films
Release Date Mar 8, 2019
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/filmchristmasisland/
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Awards

Ozflix Independent Film Awards
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
ZagrebDox
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Mumbai Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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