Balibo is a 2009 Australian war film that follows the story of the Balibo Five , a group of journalists who were captured and killed while reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor of 1975 . Filming began on 30 June 2008 , in Dili , East Timor , and the film was released the following year .
Balibo (film) starts in the year 1975.