With Tatami, Golda helmer Guy Nattiv and Holy Spider star Zar Amir have crafted what’s billed as the first feature co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian.
The film, which bowed in the Horizons section here in Venice, is a sports drama with stakes that are far higher than winning or losing a match.
Shot in Tbilisi, Georgia, essentially equidistant from the filmmakers’ respective home countries, this was a risky proposition for both.
But also one they couldn’t shy away from. Nattiv conceived of the story, but, as he says in the Q&A below, couldn’t see himself making it alone.
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