Golden Gazelle Award
AWARD CATEGORIES
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
PAT FISKE
Pat
PETER ANDRIKIDIS
Peter
ROMAINE MORETON
RAHEL ROMAHN
Rahel
HELANA SAWIRES
Helana
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
MITZI GOLDMAN
STEFAN MOORE
MEGAN MCMURCHY
TOM ZUBRYCKI
SUSAN PRIOR
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
MITZI GOLDMAN
STEFAN MOORE
MEGAN MCMURCHY
TOM ZUBRYCKI
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.
