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Jafar Panahi Retrospective

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3 Faces
Panahi and actress Behnaz Jafari play themselves on an urgent, meta-fictional road trip that reveals the divide between rural and urban Iran. Best Screenplay, Cannes 2018.
The Circle
Interconnected vignettes capture a day in the life of different young women in Tehran as they push back against the restrictions imposed on their sex. Golden Lion, Venice 2000.
Closed Curtain
Panahi’s second film made under his “ban” melds a fugitive tale with his own fight against melancholy and the regime that would silence him. Silver Bear for Best Script, Berlinale 2013.
Crimson Gold
Inspired by a real event, this neorealist film noir works backwards from a jewel heist gone wrong to expose social inequity in Iran. Un Certain Regard jury prize, Cannes 2003.
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Sneak Peek

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The Blue Trail
This 2025 Berlinale Grand Jury Prize-winning delight from Gabriel Mascaro (Neon Bull, SFF 2016) sees a remarkable woman try to evade a dystopian fate via a grand Amazonian quest.
Bring Them Down
Oscar-nominee Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Christopher Abbott star in this searing drama of rivalry and retribution in an Irish farming community. Toronto 2024.
Lesbian Space Princess
Introverted lesbian space princess Saira goes on an inter-gay-lactic mission to rescue her ex from evil incel aliens in this riotous, Berlin Teddy Award-winning Aussie animation.
Documentary
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
This urgent, Sundance prize-winning documentary follows a brave and charismatic Russian teacher as he exposes shocking new propaganda at his school amid the invasion of Ukraine.
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Sustainable Future Award – Amplifying Voices for the Environment

Celebrating SFF’s Sustainable Future Award, the largest cash prize in the world dedicated to environmentally engaged cinema, this Earth Day.

Tue 15 April 2025
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Jafar Panahi Biography

Get to know the man behind our major Retrospective, Jafar Panahi. Introduced by curator Anke Leweke.

Thu 10 April 2025
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This year’s Official Competition jury has been chosen. Deliberating over the competition and awarding the $60,000 cash prize for “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous” cinema is an accomplished group of industry figures led by director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown).

Official Competition Jury Partner: PARKROYAL Darling Harbour

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