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Zar Amir Ebrahimi Bags Göteborg Market Award for Debut Pic ‘Honor of Persia,’ Miia Tervo Wins for Comedy Drama ‘You Crazy Thing’
The jury said ‘Honor of Persia’ is a ‘courageous and personal story that they believe the audience needs and wants to see.’
Inspired by the Cannes-winning actor of “Holy Spider”’s personal experience, the story co-written by Ebrahimi with Mahmoud Chokrollahi, turns on Ava Rad, a beloved star of Iranian TV and cinema adored by the religious Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and Iran’s cultural elite. in the financing stage, is being produced by Ebrahimi’s own Paris-based Alambic Production with Mohammad Farokhmanesh of Germany’s Brave New Works , and Jacob Jarek for Denmark’s Profile Pictures, credited for Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider.” Navigating a language “famous for its complicated grammar rules and highly disciplined society,” he decided to make a romantic drama about two migrants, Chinese artist and Syrian cook, “seeking for what freedom really means to them, through a relationship.”
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