Winner: Young Cineastes Award
Film Festival 2025
Co-directed by the Iran-born Cannes Best Actress winner from Holy Spider (PSIFF 2023) and the Israel-born filmmaker behind Golda (PSIFF 2024), this tension-filled sports drama follows an Iranian judo champion who defies her country’s orders to forfeit a match, leading to dire consequences for her and her coach.
Congratulations to the Tatami team on receiving the Young Cineastes Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival!
Congratulations to the Tatami team on receiving the Young Cineastes Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival!
film details
| Director: | Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv |
| Producers: | Adi Ezroni, Guy Nattiv, Jaime Ray Newman, Mandy Tagger |
| Screenwriter: | Elham Erfani, Guy Nattiv |
| Cinematographers: | Todd Martin |
| Editor: | Yuval Orr |
| Music: | Dascha Dauenhauer |
| Cast: | Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, Nadine Marshall, Lir Katz, Ash Goldeh |
| Country: | Georgia/Israel/Iran |
| Language: | In Persian and English with English subtitles |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Running Time: | 103 minutes |
| Premiere Status: | U.S. Premiere |
| Director Filmography: |
Zar Amir Ebrahimi:
Feature Debut
Guy Nattiv: Golda (2023), Skin (2018), Magic Men (FF 2014), The Flood (2010), Strangers (2007) |
| Primary Company: | XYZ Films |