Iran actress Niki Karimi to judge at Tribeca filmfest

The 20th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival in the US has been scheduled to have Iranian cineaste Niki Karimi as a jury member.

The Iranian actor and filmmaker along with Rosanna Arquette, Lucy Boyton and Anthony Edwards will be the jury members of the event’s International Narrative Feature section.

This is not the first jury job for the ‘Scent of Joseph’ star, as she has already judged at several renowned film festivals, including the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.

Born in 1971, Karimi's interest in films and literature inspired her to become an actress at a very young age. She started acting with theater groups in elementary school until Jamshid Gorgin (the actor) discovered her talent as an actress in a school play.

Her first appearance in movie theaters was with ‘Temptation’ in 1989, but her next performances in movies such as 'The Bride' and 'Sara' brought her national fame. She won awards at the San Sebastián Film Festival and the Nantes Film Festival for the mentioned movies.

She continued her cinematic career starring in movies made by well-known Iranian filmmakers and has won many awards nationally and internationally ever since.

In 2004, she made her first feature film 'One Night' which was shown in numerous international film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regards Section.

Her second feature film 'A Few Days Later' was premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2006 and the third one, 'Final Whistle', won three awards at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France in 2010.

Founded in 2003, the Tribeca Film Festival provides artists with unique platforms to expand the audience for their work and broadens consumer access to experience storytelling, independent film, and media.

This year’s edition of the fest is set for June 8-19.

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