What is happening, dated.
© Barat Ali Batoor, Refugees in Indonesia, 2012 to 2013.
Speaking
A sold-out screening and panel at Cinema Nova marked the 25th anniversary of the Tampa crisis, with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Batoor spoke on the panel about what has changed for people arriving by sea, and what has not.
Photography
Batoor selected the photographs for this year's exhibition at the Premier's Multicultural Gala Dinner in Melbourne and exhibited as one of the artists.
Community
Volunteers from the Hazara Cultural Association helped more than 1,500 households complete the 2026 Census with Hazara as ancestry and Hazaragi as language, so the community is counted as it names itself.
Film
360 Degree Films reports two filming blocks complete and editing under way with Steven Robinson ASE. Kasimir Burgess has joined Batoor as co-director. Bonsai Films will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
Community
Thousands gathered in Dandenong Park for Hazara Culture Day, organised by the Hazara Cultural Association: music, food, dress and a stage for the next generation. The films from the day reached more than 100,000 people online.
Photography
State Library Victoria's exhibition of his own story, which ran from June 2024 to January 2025, was highly commended in the Small Project (Gallery) category of the 2026 awards.