Ali Abbasi (director) - Wikipedia
WEBAli Abbasi (Persian: علی عباسی, born 1981) is an Iranian-Danish filmmaker. He is known for his films Shelley (2016), Border (2018), Holy Spider (2022), and The Apprentice (2024). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series The Last of Us.
Holy Spider: Ali Abbasi Interview About Controversial ... - IndieWire
WEBMay 19, 2022 · Cannes: Ali Abbasi's movie about a notorious Iranian serial killer is a risky undertaking, but one its director told IndieWire he had been thinking about for years.
DCM Takes Ali Abbasi’s Cannes Screener ‘The Apprentice ... - Variety
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Zurich and Berlin-based distrib DCM has acquired Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump film “The Apprentice” ahead of its May 20 world premiere in Cannes.
Ali Abbasi Says Cannes Shocker ‘Holy Spider’ Is Not ... - Variety
WEBMay 23, 2022 · Ali Abbasi Says Cannes Shocker ‘Holy Spider’ Is Not Controversial, Despite Graphic Violence and Nudity. Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi insists that his Cannes competition film “ Holy ...
Ali Abbasi, Ana Lily Amirpour Talk 'Holy Spider' - Variety
WEBJan 17, 2023 · Iranian diaspora directors Ali Abbasi and Ana Lily Amirpour have keenly followed the wave of protests sparked in Iran by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing a loose hijab.
‘Holy Spider’: Ali Abbasi & Zar Amir-Ebrahimi Interview - Deadline
WEBDec 3, 2022 · Ali Abbasi said he couldn’t have imagined Holy Spider would be launched into a world where Iran is experiencing what he describes as a “revolution.”
'Holy Spider,' an Iranian serial killer film, finds resonance ... - NPR
WEBJan 4, 2023 · The film's release came at a moment of amplified state violence against civilians, particularly women, in Iran. And it put Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi in a complicated position.
For Iranian Filmmaker Ali Abbasi, Making 'Holy Spider' Was a …
WEBFor filmmaker Ali Abbasi, who was studying as a student in Tehran at the time of the killings, the story became the basis of a project that he would spend the next 20 years working to get made. That film, Holy Spider, untangles the Spider Killer murders and the man, Saeed Hanaei, behind them.
Ali Abbasi introduces ‘Persian noir’ to Cannes with 'Holy Spider'
WEBMay 22, 2022 · Iranian director Ali Abbasi premiered “Holy Spider” at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the tale of a serial killer in the holy city Mashhad — based on a true story — dubbing the genre...
‘The Apprentice’ director shrugs off threat of Trump lawsuit over ...
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has played down the threat of legal action over his Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice”, which caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival this week but may struggle to ...
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