Dani Valent Dani Valent i(A80605 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 To the Thing I Yearn For : Dani Valent Dani Valent , 2013 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Yours Truly : Cathartic Confessions, Passionate Declarations and Vivid Recollections from Women of Letters 2013; (p. 378-381)
1 From Gestation to Realisation, Lessons of a Novice Film-Maker Dani Valent , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 31 July 2011; (p. 17)
1 1 form y separately published work icon Here Dani Valent , Braden King , ( dir. Braden King ) 2011 Z1795419 2011 single work film/TV 'Will Shepard is an American satellite-mapping engineer contracted to create a new, more accurate survey of the country of Armenia. Within the industry, his solitary work - land-surveying satellite images to check for accuracy and resolve anomalies - is called "ground-truthing". He's been doing it on his own, for years, all over the world, but on this trip, his measurements are not adding up.

'Will meets Gadarine Najarian at a rural hotel. Tough and intriguing, she's an expatriate Armenian art photographer on her first trip back in ages, passionately trying to figure out what kind of relationship - if any - she still has with her home country and culture. Fiercely independent, Gadarine is struggling to resolve the life she's led in Canada and Europe with the Armenian roots that run so deeply, if unconsciously, through her.

'There is an almost instant, unconscious bond between these two lone travelers; they impulsively decide to continue together. Here tells the story of their unique journey and the dramatic personal transformations it leads each of them through.

'Will and Gadarine move through Armenia and its remarkable landscape photographing measuring, and experiencing the trip in their own individual ways and, ultimately, through each other's eyes. Their journey takes them across the length of the country, from the Lori region in the north to the Iranian border in the south, and finally into the diplomatically undefined Nagorno-Karabagh region. It is here that they are forced to confront their intensifying relationship and the difficult questions it raises.

'Along the way, Will is continually challenged with erroneous data as his trip descends toward failure, while Gadarine encounters much more personal static: nationality, culture, family, old friends. As she starts to discover a new relationship with her homeland, Will begins to question the solitary life he has chosen.

'The two become deeply connected as their sense of themselves - and their worlds - expands. As their trip comes to an end, each must deal with the conclusions to which their journey has led them - and each must decide where to go from Here.'

Source: Here website, http://herefilm.info/
Sighted: 01/08/2011
1 Favourite Things : Steph Bowe Dani Valent , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 18 September 2010; (p. 33)
1 Favourite Things : Brett Sheehy, Artistic Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival Dani Valent , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 10 October 2009; (p. 43)
1 Favourite Things : Chrissy Sharp, Director, Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas Dani Valent , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 3 October 2009; (p. 41)
1 Feats of Clay Dani Valent , 2009 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 28-29 March 2009; (p. 12-13, 15)
1 Favourite Things : Rosemary Cameron Dani Valent , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 23 August 2008; (p. 55)
1 Favourite Things : Chris Wallace-Crabbe Dani Valent , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 31 May 2008; (p. 41)
1 Favourite Things : Alexandra Adornetto : Author Dani Valent , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 1 September 2007; (p. 39)
1 Milestones : Phillip Noyce Dani Valent , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 September 2004; (p. 39)
1 Tony Wheeler Dani Valent , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 March 2004; (p. 39)
1 Sarah Macdonald Dani Valent , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 January 2004; (p. 39)
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