The 10th Persian Film Festival was held from April 26 to May 07 at Palace Cinemas. The program included an official competition in feature, documentary and short film categories and toured to Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide after opening in Sydney.

Films

Festival Jury

  • Martin McGrath

    2023

  • Anna Cater

    2023

  • Remy Hii

    2023

  • Samantha Lang

    2023

  • MahVeen Shahraki

    2023

  • Nicole Chamoun

    2023

Winners

Best Feature Film

Opponent

Director: Milad Alami

Best Short Film

I’m Trying to Remember

Director: Pegah Ahangarani

Resistance Cinema

For Woman Life Freedom

Commemorating the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, the festival will celebrate the many years of resistance in Iranian cinema and showcase films by imprisoned and exilic filmmakers, as well as films that have been banned in Iran