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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I am writing to let you know about a FREE Panel Discussion and Book Launch that will take place in Sydney as part of the 8<sup>th</sup> Persian International Film Festival
(4-8 December).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PANEL DISCUSSION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Persian Cinema Near and Far: Creativity and Controversy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Persian International Film Festival is now the largest festival dedicated to showcasing Persian films from Iran, Afghanistan and beyond. Join Professor Shohini Chaudhuri, Dr Michelle Langford and Dr Mahsa Salamati
as they explore some of the ways that these filmmakers have approached questions of creativity. Alongside this, they will look at some of the controversies that have emerged as these films have circulated the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Time: Sunday 08 December 10:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Place: Palace Central<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cost: Free (RSVP Essential)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/panel-discussion-persian-cinema-near-and-far-creativity-and-controversy-tickets-82562806577" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/panel-discussion-persian-cinema-near-and-far-creativity-and-controversy-tickets-82562806577</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">BOOK LAUNCH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Persian Film Festival is pleased to celebrate the launch of Michelle Langford’s new book,
<i>Allegory in Iranian Cinema: The Aesthetics of Poetry and Resistance</i> (Bloomsbury, 2019). The book will be launched by Professor Shohini Chaudhuri (University of Essex).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">ABOUT THE BOOK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Iranian filmmakers have long been recognised for creating a vibrant, aesthetically rich cinema whilst working under strict state censorship regulations. As Michelle Langford reveals, many have found indirect, allegorical
ways of expressing forbidden topics and issues in their films. But for many, allegory is much more than a foil against haphazardly applied censorship rules. Drawing on a long history of allegorical expression in Persian poetry and the arts, allegory has become
an integral part of the poetics of Iranian cinema. Allegory in Iranian Cinema explores the allegorical aesthetics of Iranian cinema, explaining how it has emerged from deep cultural traditions and how it functions as a strategy for both supporting and resisting
dominant ideology. Allegory in Iranian Cinema explains how a centuries-old means of expression, interpretation, encoding and decoding becomes, in the hands of Iran’s most skilled cineastes, a powerful tool with which to critique and challenge social and cultural
norms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Time: Sunday 08 December 11:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Place: Palace Central<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cost: Cost: Free (RSVP Essential)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launch-allegory-in-iranian-cinema-tickets-82564601947">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launch-allegory-in-iranian-cinema-tickets-82564601947</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The FULL PROGRAM of the Festival is available at the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.persianfilmfestival.com">http://www.persianfilmfestival.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michelle Langford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Senior Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">School of the Arts & Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">University of New South Wales<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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