DIFF 2019 Opening Night – Slam

Ameena, a young hijab-wearing Australian of Palestinian origin, disappears after featuring in a slam poetry gathering in the suburbs of Sydney. An Australian Air Force pilot is captured by IS in Syria. The two unconnected events wreak hell in the quiet suburban life of Ricky (Tariq, Ameena’s brother) who runs a small neighbourhood hipster café with his wife Sally. 

The case is handed to Police Inspector Joanne Hendricks, whom recently lost her son in Afghanistan.