Location | Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane |
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Founded | 2011 |
Festival date | May–July |
Language |
Persian English |
Website |
iffa |
Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA) is a film festival held in Australia with a focus on Iranian films. [1] [2] [3] IFFA was founded in 2011 and is now in its tenth year. It is considered to be a key Iranian cultural event in Australia by many iranians. [4] IFFA is the only nation-wide festival in Australia dedicated to Iranian films. [5] [6]
The festival has been hosted by Mercury CX. [7] [8] In IFFA 2016, the film Life and a Day by Saeed Roostaee won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award. [9]