Something Else – Persian International Film Festival

Tune into 89.7FM tonight to hear an interview with Amin Palangi and Sanaz Fotouhi, directors of the first Persian International Film Festival that opens at Dendy Opera Quays next Thursday 23rd February. The festival aims to challenge concepts and misconceptions about the term ‘Persia’ and showcase contemporary films from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Amin Palangi is a director, writer and producer and Screen Culture Producer at the Information and Culture Exchange at Parramatta where, among other things, he mentors young filmmakers. He’s the founder of Palangi Productions, he’s made features, shorts and documentaries in Afghanistan, Iran and Australia and he’s a PhD student at ANU.

Sanaz Fotouhi is a producer at Palangi Productions and is completing her PhD thesis on post-diasporic Iranian writers in English at UNSW. Her thesis covers concepts of ‘unhomeliness’ expressed in Iranian expatriots writing in English in English speaking countries. She’s produced documentaries in Iran and Afghanistan.

Join us at 6pm where we’ll talk about concepts of Persia, Iranian and Afghani contemporary cinema and the recent first ever Iranian Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’, yet to open in Australia, which will be screening as part of the Persian Film Festival next Sunday.
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