CANCELED: Final Whistle, with Niki Karimi
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The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents classic film and contemporary cinema in the Hammer's Billy Wilder Theater. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening.
The Archive presents a Q&A with writer-director Niki Karimi in person for this special screening to mark the 10th anniversary of Final Whistle.
Best known for her striking on-screen performances in films by Iranian auteurs such as Dariush Mehrjoui, Tahmineh Milani, and Abbas Kiarostami, Niki Karimi established herself as a filmmaker in her right when her directorial debut, One Night, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2005. In One Night and her three subsequent features, Karimi brings urgent attention to the stories of women forced to navigate the sharp divisions of Iranian society.
In her third feature, Final Whistle, Karimi explores those divisions from a more explicitly personal perspective through the story of a well-known filmmaker, played herself, suddenly confronted by her own privilege and the limits of fame when she becomes unexpectedly entangled in the struggles of a young extra she only needed for reshoots.
(2011, dir. Niki Karimi, DCP, color, Persian with English subtitles, 90 min.)