Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Zar Amir to star in ‘Lili,’ First Video Game Adaptation from The Royal Shakespeare Company
The 'Holy Spider' and 'Tatami' actress will put an interactive spin on Lady Macbeth in the game, set in a neo-noir version of modern-day Iran.
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‘Shayda’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi First Met Her Agent Keya Khayatian at a Persian Dance Party at Sundance
In the second installment of Culture Shift feature My Rep and Me, the two share how they find inspiration in one another amid the industry’s tiny Iranian community.
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XYZ Films Nabs Iranian Drama ‘Tatami’ From ‘Golda’ Director Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi
The Farsi-language film that bowed in Venice is the first feature to be co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian.
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Venice Bowing ‘Tatami’ From Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi Lands Global Sales (Exclusive)
The film — about an Iranian judo fighter forced to make a life-changing decision — is the first feature to be co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian.
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Cannes: Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi to Lead Eran Riklis’ Adaptation of Iranian Novel ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’
WestEnd Films is launching sales of the film, based on Azar Nafisi's bestselling Iranian memoir and another project for Amir-Ebrahimi since her Palme d'Or-winning breakout in 2022's 'Holy Spider.'
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Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi to Become First Israeli, Iranian Duo to Co-Direct Feature With Political Thriller ‘Untitled Judo’
WestEnd is launching sales on the historic project — which will star Ebrahimi alongside Arienne Mandi — at Berlin's European Film Market, with Nattiv describing it as a "creative statement to the world as thousands of innocent Iranian people are paying with their lives for freedom."
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‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi Heads Competition Jury at Goteborg Film Festival
She won best actress in Cannes for her performance in Ali Abbasi's Oscar contender.
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