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Fifty Years of Silence

Year of completion: 1994
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: Drama, History
Duration: 55 minutes
Production Status: Completed

As a young girl, Jan Ruff was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Java during World War II and forcibly moved to a secret brothel for Japanese officers where, along with seven other virgins, she was forced to endure countless rapes and beatings by the most brutal soldiers. FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE is Jan's story. We see the ways in which her courage and faith sustained her through the events in Java, through the ensuing years of sleepless nights and painful memories to her present day decision to tell her story for the first time.

Completion Year: 1994
Genres: Drama, History
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

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1995 — Asia Pacific Film Festival – Best Film

1995 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films – Ethnic Affairs Commission Award

1994 — Australian Film Institute – Best Documentary

1995 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc – Best Documentary (shared) - Ned Lander, Carol Ruff & James Bradley

1995 — TV Week Logie Awards – Most Outstanding Achievement in a Single Documentary or Documentary Series

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1995 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1995 — International Public Television Screening Conference

1995 — Munich International Documentary Film Festival

1995 — Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

1995 — Norwegian Short Film Event

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City Pictures Pty Ltd

Fifty Years of Silence

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