The 72nd edition of the Sydney Film Festival will present JAFAR PANAHI: CINEMA IN REBELLION, a retrospective of the Iranian filmmaker’s body of work.
Curated by Anke Leweke, the retrospective will include all 10 of Panahi’s feature films. Panahi is known for his socially conscious films that often blur the line between fiction and reality. Before 2023, he had both a travel and official filmmaking censure, but he continued to make works such as This Is Not a Film and Taxi, both direct critiques of the censorship and Iranian government.
Films in the retrospective include The White Balloon (1995), The Mirror (1997), The Circle (2000), Crimson Gold (2003), Offside (2006), This Is Not a Film (2011), Closed Curtain (2013), Tehran Taxi (2015), Three Faces (2018) and No Bears (2022).
SFF 2025 also announced its first 18 films earlier this month, including Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlinale winning The Blue Trail and Joshua Oppenheimer’s feature narrative debut, In the End. The full program is expected to drop on 7 May.
SFF 2025 runs from 7-15 June this year. Keep coming back to our festival portal for full coverage. You can check the festival website. The full program and tickets will be available from 7 May 2025.
