‘TiTi’ to open Iranian Film Festival Australia

Ida Panahandeh’s 2019 production ‘TiTi’ is set to inaugurate the 10th edition of the Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA) to be held in different Australian cities in both online and physical formats.  

As put by the official website of the IFFA, ‘TiTi’ is the story of “a hospitalized, critically ill physicist, working on a theory about black holes and the end of the world, who meets a rather eccentric hospital housekeeper named TiTi.

Though single, TiTi is acting as a surrogate mother for an infertile couple in order to serve humanity and raise money to build a small room of her own. When the physicist falls into a deep coma, TiTi, rose by Iranian gypsies and possessing supernatural powers, performs a strange ritual to save him. This is the start of an odyssey; an odyssey that changes their lives forever.”

‘TiTi’ made its first international premiere at the 2020 Tokyo International Film Festival. 

Parsa Pirouzfar, Elnaz Shakerdoust and Houtan Shakiba star in the film as three leading roles.

‘Israfil’ and ‘Nahid’ are two of Panahandeh’s award-winning works that grabbed awards and nominations at international film events.

The Iranian Film Festival Australia will run through May 20-26 in Perth and then will pursue in Brisbane from May 27 to June 2.    

Melbourne will be the next city to host the festival from June 3 to 9, and the festival will come to an end in Sydney on June 16. Afterwards, the IFFA will be held online for 10 days all over Australia.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in a not-distant future.

Watch ‘Ti Ti’ teaser here.

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