Serenades, a film about love and oppression set in Australia's Outback in the 1890s and focusing on the story of an Aboriginal girl and a group of Lutheran missionaries, had its world premiere at the Perth International Arts Festival on 5 February 2001. Shown here are Mojgan Khadem, right, the film's writer and director, on set with actress Alice Haines, who plays the central character, Jila. Ms. Khadem is a Bahá'í and was inspired to write the film by a passage in the Bahá'í writings, she has said.