Zalava
- Navid Pourfaraj
- Pouria Rahimi Sam
- Hoda Zeinolabedin
companies
Farabi Cinema Foundation
Evar Film Studio
KOFIC
Göteborg Film Fund
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum
Khaneh Film
- February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01) (FIFF)
- June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29) (Iran)
Kurdish
Zalava (Persian: زالاوا) is a 2021 Iranian horror drama film directed by Arsalan Amiri and written by Amiri, Ida Panahandeh and Tahmineh Bahramalian.[1][2] The film screened for the first time at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and earned 6 nominations and received 4 awards.[3][4]
Cast
- Navid Pourfaraj as Sergeant Masoud Ahmadi
- Pouria Rahimi Sam as Amardan
- Hoda Zeinolabedin as Malihe
- Baset Rezaei as Younes
- Fereydoun Hamedi as Amous
- Shahou Rostami as Khalaj
- Mahsa Hejazi as Khalaj's daughter
- Leila Beigi as Leila
- Zahed Zandi as Sergeant Amini
- Saleh Rahimi as Arhim
- Hadi Ahmadi as Soldier
- Darioush Karim Raouf as Zalava People
- Salar Zarei as Zalava People
- Masoud Beigi as Zalava People
- Kordowan Boustan as Musician
- Varya Amini as Zalava People
- Asad Houshman as Zalava People
- Azin Kananian as Zalava People
- Romina Haji Hosseini as Zalava People
- Narin Malek as Zalava People
- Keyvan Sheikh Ahmadi as Zalava People
Reception
Critical response
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.
Marking a confident, cinema-literate feature debut for helmer and co-writer Arsalan Amiri, a member of the Iranian Kurdish minority, the film puts a new spin on genre conventions. But perhaps its biggest asset is the performance of tall, toned and impressively mustached star Navid Pourfaraj as the sergeant of a nearby gendarmerie, whose attempts to lay down the law with the trigger-happy residents of Zalava result in unintended consequences.
— Variety / Alissa Simon[5]
Amiri has made the village of the film with precise mezzanine, costume design, accent form and behavior and has worked properly on these things.
— Haft / Massoud Farasati[6]
Accolades
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Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Fajr Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Pouria Rahimi Sam | Won | [7] |
Best Cinematography | Mohammad Rasouli | Honorary Diploma | |||
Best First Film | Arsalan Amiri | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh and Tahmineh Bahramalian | Won | |||
Best Film | Zalava | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Arsalan Amiri | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Navid Pourfaraj | Nominated | |||
Sound Recording | Rshid Daneshman | Nominated | |||
Sound Editing | Amir Hossein Ghasemi | Nominated | |||
Costume Design | Mohammad Hossein Karami | Nominated | |||
2021 | Venice International Film Festival | Grand Prize Venice International Critics' Week | Arsalan Amiri | Won | [citation needed] |
FIPRESCI Prize (Parallel Sections) | Arsalan Amiri | Won | |||
2021 | São Paulo International Film Festival | New Directors Competition (Best Film) | Arsalan Amiri | Nominated | |
2021 | Fantastic Fest | Next Wave (Best Film) | Arsalan Amiri | Won | |
2021 | Duhok International Film Festival | Best Director of a Kurdish Feature Film | Arsalan Amiri | Won | |
Best Actor of a Kurdish Feature Film | Navid Pourfaraj | Won | |||
2022 | Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Pouria Rahimi Sam | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Rashid Daneshmand, Amir Hossein Ghasemi | Won | |||
Best Creativity and Talent (first filmmakers) | Arsalan Amiri | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Zalava". LevelK ApS Film Sales. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ "پخش بینالمللی "زالاوا" به کمپانی دانمارکی رسید". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ ".: Iranian Movie DataBase فيلم زالاوا :". www.sourehcinema.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ "معرفی برندگان سیمرغ بلورین سی و نهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ Simon, Alissa (2021-09-10). "'Zalava' Review: Scientific Beliefs Clash With Superstition in Iranian Horror Entry". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ "فیلمی که باعث تعجب مسعود فراستی شد!". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ "اسامی کامل برگزیدگان جشنواره فیلم فجر ۳۹ + لیست و جزئیات". ایمنا (in Persian). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
External links
- Zalava at IMDb