at Cinema Nova Carlton http://iffa.net.au/melbourne/
Katherine Kelly was lucky enough to attend the opening night and review two festival films:
She kindly and generously shares the festival opening night review as well as two film reviews:
@CASTLE OF DREAMS movie ( @Ghasr-e shirin / قصر شیرین)
http://iffa.net.au/castle-of-dreams/
When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his son and his daughter away. But to which destination when he has not managed to build the castle of dreams drawn by mom for the children?
and
Tehran: City of Love (@Tehran: shahre eshgh / تهران، شهر عشق)
http://iffa.net.au/tehran-city-of-love/
An ex bodybuilding champion now personal trainer, finds secret excitement in his life when he accepts to train a young man for the championships; An overweight beauty clinic secretary who lacks confidence in her physical appearance, uses her sexy voice to create a persona for seducing men she feels she could never have; and a dispirited religious singer tries his luck at becoming a wedding singer to increase the chances of finding the love of his life. This is the bittersweet tale of three middle-aged disenchanted characters yearning for love in a city that does not embrace them.
please follow all three reviews online: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/la-premiere.html
The festival is off to Adelaide and Perth now ill 20 November.