Niki Karimi

Niki Karimi (Persian: نیکی کریمی; born 10 November 1971) is an Iranian actress and filmmaker.[1] Regarded as "the most prominent figure among the young generations coming after post-Islamic Revolution Iranian Cinema",[2] she is the recipient of various accolades, including three Fajr Film Festival Awards.

Niki Karimi
Karimi in 2022
Born (1971-11-10) 10 November 1971
Tehran, Iran
Occupation
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active1989–present

Born in Tehran, Karimi began her career in the late 1980s. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Sara (1992), for which she won the best actress award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.[3]

Early life

Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. Her parents are both from Tafresh. She has been active in theater since elementary school, and has said that her early interest in film and literature inspired her to become an actress.

Career
Niki Karimi and Sean Penn

In 1990, she was cast as a young bride in Behrooz Afkhami's hit film The Bride.

Karimi has won many awards nationally and internationally for "Sara" such as San Sebastian film festival award for best actress.[4] She has also recently been on the jury for more than 20 renowned film festivals, including Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Locarno International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival and also the 60th Cannes Film Festival. She was the assistant of Abbas Kiarostami from 1992 to 2007.

Expanding on her career as an actor, she wrote and directed the documentary To Have or Not to Have (2001).

In 2001, she won her first award as a director in Iran's Rain film festival for her work To Have or Not to Have, which was produced by renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.[5]

Nominated at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for her feature film directorial debut One Night (2005), she said that acting no longer satisfied her and she would like to direct more movies.[6]

In addition to the film, Karimi has also done some translating work. In 1999 she released her first translation work, Marlon Brando's biography Songs My Mother Taught Me, which she translated from English to Persian. She also translated two books by Hanif Kureishi, a Pakistani-English writer.

Her third film as director, Final whistle (2011), won three awards at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in Vesoul , France.

She has been nominated for the best actress award in Fajr Film Festival in 2011 for I Am His Wife (2011), directed by Mostafa Shayesteh.

She has been awarded recently by the jury of the Iranian Fajr Film ّFestival for her last film as best director, actress and producer. She also got a jury award for acting in two films, Wednesday, May 9 and Death of Fish.[7]

Filmography

As director
YearTitleNotes
2020 Atabai Screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival
2015Night ShiftJury award at Iranian Fajr International Film Festival as best screenwriter, director and producer
2011Final WhistleThree awards at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema , Mannheim film festival award for best film
2006A Few Days LaterScript won the Rotterdam festivals Hubert Bals Fund
2005One NightScreened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Un certain regard[8]
2001To Have or Not to HaveLondon International Film Festival

As an actress
YearTitleDirectorAwards
2022 Squad of Girls Munir Gheidi
2018 Astigmatism Majid Reza Mostafavi
2017 Human Comedy[9] Mohammad Hadi Karimi
2016 Azar Mohammad Hamzei
2015TakenBijan Mirbagheri
2015Wednesday, May 9Vahid JalilvandJury diploma of honor for best Actress in Fajr Film Festival
2015Death of FishJury diploma of honor for best Actress in Fajr Film Festival
2014I'm his wifeMostafa ShaysehNominated for best Actress in Fajr Film Festival
20102 SistersMohammad Banki
2007Three WomenManijeh Hekmat
2007Two WomenSiroos Alvand
2006A Few Days Later...Niki Karimi
2002The Fifth ReactionTahmineh MilaniBest Actress in Fajr Film Festival (2002)
2002Gone with the WindSadra Abdollahi
2001One Flew Over Cuckoo’s NestAhmad Reza MotamediBest Actress in Fajr Film Festival (2002)
2000The Hidden HalfTahmineh MilaniBest Actress in Cairo Film Festival (2001)
1999Thousand woman like meReza Mir-Karimi
1999The Burned GenerationRassoul Molagholipour
1999Eve's Red AppleSaeed Assadi
1998The Waiting GirlsRahman Rezai
1998The ActorMohammad Ali Sadjadi
1998Two WomenTahmineh MilaniBest Actress in Taormina Film Fest (1999)
1997TakhtiBehrooz Afkhami
1997PshycoDariush Farhang
1995Minoo's TowerEbrahim Hatamikia
1995Shadow-by-ShadowAli Jakan
1995The Scent of Joseph's CoatEbrahim Hatamikia
1993PariDarioush Mehrjouii
1992SaraDarioush MehrjouiiBest Actress in San Sebastian film festival (1995), and in Nantes Film Festival (1995)
1991The Footsteps of the WolfMassoud Kimiaii
1990The BrideBehrooz AfkhamiNominated for best Actress in Fajr Film Festival
1989TemptationJamshid Heydari

As a screenwriter
YearTitle
2005Escape
2001Auto stop
2000To Have or Not to Have

As an actress
Year Title Role Director Notes
2020–2021 Aghazadeh Tina Fazlirad Behrang Tofighi distributed by Namava and Filimo
2018 Forbidden Parvaneh Asadzadeh Amir Pourkian distributed in Video CD

As an actress
Year Title Role Director Network
2015–2016 Kimia Mahboubeh Maleki Javad Afshar IRIB TV2
2014 Homeland Shaparak Kamal Tabrizi IRIB TV3
1995 Life Mohammadreza Aalami IRIB TV1
Karimi without hijab in 2008

As a translator
YearTitle
2005Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
1999Songs My Mother Taught Me by Marlon Brando, Robert Lindsey

As a film critic
YearTitle
2020 Member of Jury at Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
2016Member of Jury at 35th Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul[10]
2016Member of Jury at 34th Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran[11]
2015Member of Jury at 60th Valladolid International Film Festival, spain[12]
2015Head of Jury at 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn[13]
2015Member of Jury at 10th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival, Batumi[14]
2015Member of Jury at 33rd Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran[15]
2014Member of Jury at 20th Kolkata International Film Festival, India[16]
2014Head of Jury at 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh[17]
2014Member of Jury at 4th International Parvin E'tesami Film Festival, Tehran[18]
2014Member of Jury at 12th Pune International Film Festival, India[19]
2013Member of Jury at 27th Isfahan International Children Film Festival, Isfahan[20]
2012Member of Jury at Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2011Member of Jury at International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
2009Member of Jury at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2008Member of Jury at Dubai International Film Festival
2007Member of Jury at Berlin Film Festival
2007Member of Jury at Cannes Film Festival
2007Member of Jury at Durban International Film Festival
2006Head of Jury at Reykjavik International Film Festival
2005Member of Jury at Locarno International Film Festival
2005Member of Jury at Thessaloniki Film Festival

Awards

See also

References
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