Entertainment > Iranian Filmmakers > KETAB, A SHORT FILM BY ANA LILY AMIRPOUR IS GOING TO TRIBECA BY ANA LILY AMIRPOUR
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Ana Lily Amirpour is working on her next project: a short
film called KETAB, about a lonely young guy in Tehran who goes to buy a
book. On the surface, it appears
to be a very basic story, but as it unfolds, a much more intricate world is
revealed, one that touches on the current dichotomies faced by Tehrani youth
and their fight for basic freedoms.
The film will star Sam Golzari who debuted as the star of American
Dreamz and 21. Co-stars
include exciting up-and-coming Persian talent like comedian Max Amini and
actress Sheila Vand, as well as veteran Iranian actor Marshall Manesh who has
appeared in dozens of films and television shows including Year One,
True Lies, How I Met Your Mother, Will and Grace and Entourage, among many
others.
“KETAB is actually a scene from my feature script THE
STONES. I plan to use this short film to show the industry that a foreign film
about Iranian youth is not just important and topical, it’s also a fun ride as
well… with what’s going on in Iran today, it’s never felt more necessary to
tell these types of stories.”
Last year the feature script for THE STONES went to Tribeca
Film Festival’s All Access program where it won the prestigious Adrienne Shelly
Fellowship. This award and the
continued support from Tribeca Film Institute has allowed her to keep moving
forward with her project. “There
will be a ‘special presentation’ of my feature project at the Tribeca Film
Festival this April where they will screen KETAB… it’s great exposure for my
feature film which I hope to be shooting in fall of 2010.”
Ana Lily is actively raising funds for production costs
of KETAB. If you want to support
KETAB please visit the film’s fundraising sight Indie-a-go-go where you can
make a tax-deductible-donation to the film and be given a credit in the movie.
INDIE
A GO GO FUNDRAISING FOR ‘KETAB’
isit the film website
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