The Persian Film Festival Australia celebrate excellence in filmmaking across several prestigious categories. These include the festival’s esteemed Golden Gazelle Award for Best Feature and Best Short Film. Each award recognises outstanding contributions to storytelling and cinematic artistry among Persian-speaking filmmakers
Gazelle Awards
The Golden Gazelle Award is inspired by an ancient Persian winged-gazelle, dated back to Achaemenes Empire around 4th century BC, signifying vitality and intuition in artistic practice.
Acknowledgment to Country
We acknowledge Australia’s First Nations People as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose Country the festival is based. We honour the storytelling and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.
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