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Iranian identity on screen

IRAN’S  is one of the hottest film industries in the world, though somehow that seems counterintuitive. It’s probably why the inaugural Iranian Film Festival last year played to sell-out audiences. 

A scene from “Hatred”
It is not the only Iranian cinema event in Australia, but it does claim to be the only nationwide Australian festival dedicated to Iranian Cinema, and it’s coming to the National Film and Sound Archive from October 11-14, opening with Ali Mosaffa’s “The Last Step.”

Festival co-directors, Anne Démy-Geroe and Armin Miladi, say the event, which runs to 25 days across five capital cities, “will provide cinephiles with the chance to catch a glimpse into Iranian identity as well as the opportunity to discover why it is currently one of the most talked about cinematic movements across the globe.”

Miladi adds that this year there will also be short films and documentaries in the program, with a retrospective session of documentaries about identity including “Plastic Flowers Never Die,” “Utopia in the Making” and “Faces.”

The season repertoire ranges from the indie film, “Hatred” to the arthouse work, “Mourning.”

Of special interest are “Here Without Me,” based on Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” and “Facing Mirrors,” billed as the first fictional Iranian feature about transgender issues.

Iranian actress Leila Hatami can be seen in “The Last Step,” recent recipient of the Fipresci Award inKarlovy Vary.

The  festival also looks at Darius Mehrjui, who is considered to have made the first film of the Iranian New Wave with his latest box-office hit, “Orange Suit.”

The Iranian Film Festival Australia At the National film and Sound Archive’s Arc Cinema, October 11-14, bookings to www.iffa.net.au

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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