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Programme Announcement #1!
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IFFA has decided to roll out our film programme announcements this year, and this is the first taste!
There has been a change of schedule for Brisbane!
IFFA in Brisbane will now be held from the 22 - 25 October!
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Written & Directed by
Morteza Farshbaf
Co-written with
Nasim Maraashi
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Starring
Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Ahmad Hamed, Farideh Esmaili, Maryam Shirazi
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 Homa is assigned a 10-day night shift to take care of an old woman while her treating doctor is away. A huge snowstorm has hit Iran and is causing havoc throughout the city. As the nights go by, she has trouble sleeping. The stress of her insomnia and personal issues brings her to a life crisis.
The film features a wonderful performance from Fatemeh Motamed Aria as Homa. This is Morteza Farshbaf's second feature.
Avalanche is screening in all cities around Australia.
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Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
(Eterafat-e Zehn-e Khatarnak-e Man)
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Written & Directed by
Hooman Seyedi
From the director of last year's
13
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Starring
Negar Javahearian, Siamak Safari, Roya Nonahali, Hooman Seyedi
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 A man wakes in a wheat field with no memory. Is he dead? Is this purgatory? As he struggles to discover who he is, he is faced with startling revelations about himself and those around him. After being informed that he has a daughter, who has been taken hostage due to his part in a dangerous drug deal gone wrong. Will he be able to find the drugs, save the girl and figure out whom to trust?
Check out the trailer (no English subtitles).
Confessions of My Dangerous Mind is screening in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne.
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Death of the Fish
(Marg-e Mahi)
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Written & Directed by
Rouhollah Hejazi
From the director of 2013's
The Wedlock
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Starring
Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Babak Karimi, Tanaz Tabatabai, Rima Raminfar
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 After a mother dies, her children come together to carry out a strange request in her will: keep her body locked away at home for three days and to not spread word of her death to the immediate family.
Death of the Fish is screening in Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne.
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The Long Farewell
(Kohda Haeziy Tolani)
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Directed by
Farzad Motamen
Written by
Asghar Abdollahi
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Starring
Saeed Aghakhani, Sareh Bayat, Mitra Hajjar, Nader Fallah
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 A textile factory worker struggles to keep his life together after his life is shrouded in controversy by his wife’s death. He is revered by his co-workers and at constant threat from his wife’s brother, seeking retribution for her death.
Saeed Aghakhani delivers a Fajr Award-winning performance of a man suffering from grief and looking for a way to move on.
The Long Farewell is screening in all cities around Australia.
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Sperm Whale (Nahang-e Anbar) Giveaway!
The Iranian Comedy of the Year, as presented by Daricheh Cinema.
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 We have double passes to see Saman Moghadam's new film Sperm Whale (Nahang-e Anbar) for upcoming screenings in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide & Perth. This Iranian box office hit stars Reza Attaran, Mahnaz Afshar & Vishka Asayesh. To go into the draw, simply click the button below.
Arjang (Reza Attaran), who was born before the revolution in Iran, has been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Roya (Mahnaz Afshar), for the past 40 years. Roya, however, has brought him nothing but trouble. Now 50, and having experienced a revolution, a war, a divorce and both poverty and wealth, Arjang finds himself still in love with Roya.
Melbourne: ACMI, 13 - 15 September
Brisbane: New Farm Cinemas, 19 - 26 September
Sydney: Dendy Cinemas, 26 - 29 September
Adelaide & Perth screenings: TBA
For more information, please visit www.darichehcinema.com
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Documentary about Iranian actress Shahrzaad (Kobra Amin Sa'idi) needs your help!
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A lyrical documentary about Shahrzaad, Kobra Amin-Sa’idi, a veteran actor, dancer, poet and Iran's first woman filmmaker whose work is currently banned and who is now a wandering homeless woman in search of survival.
The film is directed by Award-winning Shahin Parhami, and he is crowdfunding to finish the sound mix and final print of the film. Any extra proceeds will go to Sahahrzaad herself.
Remember any little bit helps!
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Last Friday the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival held a screening of Iranian film, Tales, to a sold out crowd! Check out some of the event photos below.
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Top: Sahar, Payman, Armin, Mehran & Nasrin; Laila Al-Zaid & Rebecca Edmund.
Bottom: Chairman Michael Hawkins, Jane Tighe, Kiki Fung & Anne Démy-Geroe
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We'll be announcing the rest of our programme very soon! Stay tuned!
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