SYNOPSIS:
Shahrzad a 34-year-old Iranian woman has a good job as a successful graphic designer. When the ex-wife of her fiance returns to Iran and stays in his place Shahrzad feels that she must react and make an important decision for her future sentimental life. But she constantly and involuntary procrastinates her decision to a few days later …
BIOGRAPHY:
Niki Karimi was born in Tehran in November 1971. After graduating from high school, she began her acting career and appeared in a feature film: “Temptation” (1989). She has played in more than 20 films and has become a star of contemporary Iranian cinema. In 1995 she won the Best Actress Prize at both the San Sebastian and the Nantes Film Festivals for “Sara” and other int’l awards. She became Kiarostami’s assistant in “The Wind Will Carry Us” and “ABC Africa” and then she made her first documentary “To Have or Not to Have”. Her first feature film “One Night” was in Certain Regard of Cannes 2005 and in numerous important other festivals. “A Few Days Later …” is her second feature film.
FILMOGRAPHY
Documentary:
- To Have or Not to Have 2001
Feature:
- One Night 2005
- A Few Days Later 2006
FESTIVALS:
- Toronto Int'l Film Festival (6 – 10 Sep 2006/ Canada)
- Rome Int'l Film Fest (13 – 21 Oct 2006/ Italy)
- Stockholm Int'l Film Festival (16 – 26 Nov 2006/ Sweden)
- Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (10 Nov – 3 Dec 2006/ USA)
- Museum of Fine Arts in Washington ( Nov 2006 / USA)
- Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (Nov 2006/ USA)
- Belgrade Int'l Film Festival (23 Feb – 4 March 2007)
- Mexico City Film Festival (FICCO) (21 Feb – 4 March 2007/ Mexic)
- Alwan Int'l Film Festival (23 Feb – 4 March 2007/ USA)
- Festival Sguardi Altrove (6 – 11 March 2007/ Italy)
- Walker Art Center (15 March 2007/ Minneapolis / USA)
- Fribourg Int'l Film Festival (18 – 25 March 2007/ Switzerland)
- San Francisco Int'l Film Festival (26 April – 10 May 2007/ USA)
- Flying Broom Film Festival (5 – 21 May 2007/ Turkey)
- Munchen Int'l Film Festival (22 - 30 June 2007/ Germany)
- Larochelle International Film Festival (29 June – 9 July 2007/ France)
- Osian's Film Festival (20 – 29 July 2007/ India)
- Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival (23 Sep – 10 Oct 2007/ Hong Kong)
- Tokyo Int'l Film Festival (20 – 28 Oct 2007/ Japan)
- Chicago Int'l Film Festival (3 – 4 Nov 2007/ USA)
- India Int'l Women Film Festival (10 – 13 Dec 2007/ India)
- Vesoul Int’l Film Festival (29 January – 5 Feb 2008/ France)
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