Golden Gazelle Award
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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. The festival jury will look at the films in competition and will present the Golden Gazelle Award for:
- BEST FEATURE FILM
- BEST SHORT FILM
- BEST DOCUMENTARY
2020 Winners
The festival’s Feature and Short Jury, Pat Fiske, Peter Andrikidis, Dr Romaine Moreton, Rahel Romahn and Helana Sawires announced the winners of the 2020 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Feature and Best Short Film at the closing night ceremony of the 9th edition of the Persian International Film Festival.
- Best Feature: PARI directed by Siamak Etemadi
- Special mention: SON-MOTHER directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi
- Best Short Film: EXAM directed by Sonia K Haddad
- Special mention: EACH OTHER directed by Sarah Tabibzadeh
THE 2020 FESTIVAL JURY
Sarah Tabibzadeh
Sahar Sotoodeh
Ali Paknia
Faezeh Alavi
Mohsen Banihashemi
Siavash Shahabi
Kaveh Tehrani
Arman Khansarian
Kimia Hendi
Fatemeh Ahmadi
Ali Farahani
Reza Tofighjoo
Atefeh Mehrabi
Saleh Kashefi
Arman Fayyaz
Amir Parsamehr
Peyman Naimi
Bahram Ark
Catharine Lumby
Karen Pearlman
Sanaz Fotouhi
Sonia K Hadad
Shohini Chaudhuri
Mahsa Salamati
Farhad Delaram
Mahboba Rawi
Yalda Hakim
Maani Petgar
Nasser Palangi
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007
Nima Javidi
Pat Fiske
Peter Andrikidis
Romaine Moreton
Rahel Rmahn
Helena Sawires
Mohammad Reza Aslani
Mehrdad Oskouei
Mahnaz Mohammadi
Siamak Etemadi
Homayoun Ghanizadeh
Kamran Heidari
Mitzi Goldman
Stefan Moore
Megan McMurchy
Susan Prior
Robert Mackenzie
Rachel Ward
Bonnie Elliott
Mojean Aria
Ata Mehrad
Siavash Jamali
Mohsen Tanabandeh
Kianoush Ayari
Arash Eshaghi
Soudabeh Beizaee
Ali Shilandari
Palace Central
Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008
Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Zabou Breitman
Safi Yazdanian
Alireza Motamedi
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Arash Lahooti
Hossein Mahkam
Suzan Iravanian
Kourosh Ataee
Azadeh Mousavi
Yaser Talebi
Majid-Reza Mostafavi
Rouhollah Hejazi
Bahram Tavakoli
Mona Zandi Haghighi
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Persian-speaking filmmakers
Michelle Langford
Afshin Forghani
Elham Naeej
Hadi Nojoumian
Ester Harding
Fereydoun Mehrabi
Andrea Demetriades
David White
2018 Program Announced
Tahmineh Monzavi
Vahid Sedaghat
Mohammad Kart
Ahmad Moazzemi
Omid Shams
Hossein Molayemi
Kiana Naghshineh
Mahyar Mandegar
Ali Vaziri
Tickets on Sale!
The Opening and Closing Night tickets are now on sale for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide. The festival line-up will be announced on 22nd of August.
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Persian-speaking filmmakers
Shalizeh Arefpour
Siddiq Barmak
Vahid Jafari
Pouria Pishvaei
Parisa Aminolahi
Sam Kalantari
Karim Lakzadeh
Shahrzad Dadgar
Moein Karimoddini
Kaveh Mazaheri
Ida Panahandeh
Shahram Shah Hosseini
Roozbeh Misaghi
Farnoosh Abedi
Mohammad Farahani
Mohsen Bagheri Dastgerdi
Afshin Rezaei
Afshin Roshanbakht
Abbas Amini
Shahram Mokri
Tina Gharavi
Nasser Zamiri
Vahid Hajilouei
Abbas Nezamdoost
Babak Amini
Amir Azizi
Kazem Mollaie
Salem Salavati
Anastasija Bräuniger
Pouran Derakshandeh
Narges Abyar
Oktay Baraheni
Navid Mahmoudi
Mohsen Nabavi
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Rosemary Blight
Ben Ferris
Jen Peedom
Osamah Sami
Rebecca Barry
Ann Marie Fleming
Palace Norton Street
99 Norton St, Leichhardt
Palace Kino Melbourne
45 Collins Street, Melbourne
Sam French
Navid Danesh
Ehsan Jafari
Ruhollah Masroor
Esmaeel Monsef
Hiwa Aminnejad
Farshid Akhlaghipour
Mania Akbari
Bahman Kiarostami
Seifollah Samadian
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
Ali Asgari
Mohsen Amiryousefi
Mohsen Abdulvahab
Mahmoud Ghafari
Behnam Behzadi
Saman Salur
Pirooz Kalantari
Marjane Satrapi
Massoud Bakhshi
Hiner Saleem
Bahman Ghobadi
Majid Majidi
Amir Naderi
Dariush Mehrjui
Tahmineh Milani
Majid Barzegar
Vida Irani
Davood Khayyam
Ray Argall
Helen Panckhurst
Martin Brown
Sue Murray
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Palace Electric Canberra
NewActon Nishi, 2 Phillip Law Street, Acton
Palace Nova Adelaide
Rundle Street, Adelaide
AFTRS Theatre
Building 130, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Mo Scarpelli
Alexandria Bombach
Afshin Hashemi
Mohsen Gharaie
Tiyam Yabandeh
Arian Vazirdaftari
Baran Sarmad
Elika Mehranpour
Saeed Sourati
Amir Sarrafha
Masoud Moein
Zanyar Azizi
Bita Beigi
Amir Vahedi
Amirhossein Torabi
Noora Niasari
Meghdad Asadi
Amin Palangi
Mehdi Ganji
Ali Khameparast Fard
Niki Karimi
Hassan Fathi
Alireza Amini
Parviz Shahbazi
Jamshid Mahmoudi
Hossein Shahabi
Abolhassan Davoodi
Rakhshan Banietemad
Jafar Panahi
Mohammad Rasoulof
Asghar Farhadi
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Bahram Beyzaie
Abbas Kiarostami
2019 Festival Jury
The festival’s Feature and Short Jury, Susan Prior, Rachel Ward, Robert Mackenzie, Bonnie Elliott and Mojean Aria announced the winners of the 2019 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Feature and Best Short Film during the closing night ceremony:
- Best Feature: SEVEN AND A HALF directed by Navid Mahmoudi
- Special mention: AFRICAN VIOLET directed by Mona Zandi Haghighi
- Best Short Film: TATTOO directed by Farhad Delaram, produced by Dena Rassam
- Special mention: MANICURE directed by Arman Fayaz
Sarah Tabibzadeh
Sahar Sotoodeh
Ali Paknia
Faezeh Alavi
Mohsen Banihashemi
The festival’s Documentary Jury, Mitzi Goldman, Megan McMurchy, Stefan Moore and Tom Zubrycki announced the winners of the 2019 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Documentary during the closing night ceremony.
- Best Documentary: SHOUTING AT THE WIND directed by Siavash Jamali and Ata Mehrad
- Special Mention: BELOVED directed by Yaser Talebi, produced by Elaheh Nobakht
Sarah Tabibzadeh
Sahar Sotoodeh
Ali Paknia
Faezeh Alavi
Mohsen Banihashemi
2018 Festival Jury
The festival jury, Ester Harding, Fereydoun Mehrabi, Andrea Demetriades and David White announced the winners of the 2018 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Feature and Best Short Film during the closing night ceremony.
2017 Festival Jury
At the Closing Night of the 6th Persian Film Festival the Jury members Rosemary Blight, Ben Ferris, Jen Peedom, Osamah Sami and Rebecca Barry announced the winners of the 2017 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Feature and Best Short Film.
2016 Festival Jury
5th Persian International Film Festival Jury members Sue Murray, Martin Brown, Helen Panckhurst and Ray Argall announced the winners of the 2016 GOLDEN GAZELLE AWARD for Best Feature and Best Short Film.
- In the Feature category the jury awarded THE SALESMAN by Asghar Farhadi while giving an honorary mention to A VERY ORDINARY CITIZEN by Majid Barzegar.
- In the Short Film category the jury awarded 500 OUNCES OF GOLD by Shahrzad Dadgar while giving an honorary mention to OPEN WINDOW by Afshin Rezaei.