Global Panorama: The Iranian Film Festival Australia and the OzAsia Festival 2013

Festivals that showcase a particular culture or region of the world give Australian audiences a chance to engage with film on a completely different level. Nicholas Godfrey puts a spotlight on two festivals that take distinct approaches to connecting Australia to the world at large.

Additional keywords: Persia, Closed Curtain, Jafar Panahi, Rhino Season, Bahman Ghobadi, The Snow on the Pines, Peyman Moaadi, Satyajit Ray, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Pieta, Kim Ki-duk, Korea, Gangs of Wasseypur, Anurag Kashyap, India, In My Mother's Arms, Atia Al-Daradji, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Iraq, Thy Womb, Brillante Mendoza, Philippines, The Great Passage, Yuya Ishii, Petal Dance, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Japan, multiculturalism, diversity.