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Welcome to the third IFFA, Khosh Amadid!
Iranian cinema continues to be a strong one, producing many high quality films, and the Iranian Film Festival Australia is back again in October / November 2013.
Last year we screened many new indies, including The Last Step, hot from its Karlovy Vary debut, and Hatred, straight from Montreal FF, through to the very popular Here Without Me and the Audience Award winner, Facing Mirrors, which has won many other awards before and since.
In 2013 we start again from Brisbane (our hometown) and then we screen in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide, thanks to the support of our loyal venues and you, our audiences! And we are proud to present the 2013 programme, one as strong as, if not stronger than, previous editions.
We open the festival with writer/actor/director Peyman Moadi's directorial debut, Snow on Pines starring the ever-popular Mahnaz Afshar. With Parviz, we screen another great indie title from Majid Barzegar, the director of Rainy Seasons (IFFA 2011). Leila Hatami returns for the third year in Meeting Leila, from director Adel Yaraghi and co-writer Abbas Kiarostami. Hot from its world premiere at the Montreal Film Festival, arrives Wedlock, the second feature from Rouhollah Hejazi, director of the controversial The Private Life of Mr and Mrs M. Wedlock features a knock-out performance from the luminescent Taraneh Alidoosti (About Elly)
We are also screening the latest films from three big names in Iranian cinema - Jafar Panahi's Berlinale Silver Bear winner, Closed Curtain; Bahman Ghobadi's Rhino Season; and the Australian premiere of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's controversial The Gardener (you asked for this last one!).
There is a wonderful pair of documentaries from Loghman Khaledi, Nessa and Moving Up, both set in Kermanshah.
And finally, a great treat with the first film from the great Behram Beza'i - the pre-Revolutionary Downpour (1972). The newly restored print comes from Martin Scorcese’s World Cinema Foundation.
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Closed Curtain (Pardé)
In this clever interplay between fiction and reality, metaphor and life, Panahi ponders his role as an artist constrained. From wirter Jafar Panahi. Cast Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moqadam, Jafar Panahi.
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Meeting Leila
(Ashnaee ba Leila)
When Nader meets Leila it’s love at first sight. But there’s a condition attached to the marriage. This charming and gently humorous film is based on an idea by Kiarostami.
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Parviz (Parviz)
When Parviz has to leave home at fifty, his life seems set to unravel. Then he takes control. A fine example of a very new kind of Iranian cinema from director, Majid Barzegar (Rainy Seasons). Rotterdam 2013.
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The Wedlock
(Zendegi Moshtarak-E Aghaye Mahmoodi Va Banoo)
This lively middle class family drama starts with what seems to be an inter-generational clash, but perhaps there’s some common ground after all.
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Downpour (Ragbar)
This newly restored classic of pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema is the remarkable debut feature of Bahram Beyza’i. The film has been restored with the support of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation.
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Moving Up (Kami Balatar)
Director, Loghman Khaledi, returns to his hometown in this pair of documentaries to tell the stories of two outsiders, people who want to be artists, seemingly impossible in the provincial town of Kermanshah.
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Rhino Season
(Fasle kargadan)
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel, recently released from prison, is searching for his wife, who believes him dead. Director Bahman Ghobadi. Cast Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan.
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Read more about each film soon in our Films section online, facebook, twitter and our website. We will launch our VIP Pomegranate Passes for 2013 shortly, so stay tuned.
We look forward to seeing you somewhere at IFFA in October/November!
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The Gardener (Baghban)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf takes his cameras to the Baha’i headquarters in Israel to engage in a debate on the role of religion. This whimsical and controversial filmic essay centres on the Baha’i faith.
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Nessa (Nessa)
Director, Loghman Khaledi, returns to his hometown in this pair of documentaries to tell the stories of two outsiders, people who want to be artists, seemingly impossible in the provincial town of Kermanshah.
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Snow on Pines
(Barf roo-ye kajha)
Roya discovers some secrets about her husband. Realizing that her marriage is in a deadlock she has to make a painful choice. From writer/director Peyman Moadi.
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IFFA went on a trip to Revelation Film Festival in Perth recently
With 2012 titles Hatred, Facing Mirrors and The Last Step
Sold Out Sessions! Thank you Perth friends and Rev!
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Our fabulous new artwork by Forthwave, features Mahsa Asfar in our Opening Night film, the directorial debut of Peyman Moadi, Snow on Pines. You will also be able to find more details on screening times on the website very soon.
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