Official US Trailer for ‘Tatami’ Movie Following an Iranian Judo Fighter
by Alex Billington
Might 8, 2025
Supply: YouTube
“Your entire world is watching you, Leila!” XYZ Movies has unveiled an official US trailer for the indie sports activities drama titled Tatami, which initially premiered on the 2023 Venice Movie Pageant just a few years again the place it earned a number of acclaim and nice evaluations from critics. Lastly getting a US launch in artwork home theaters this summer season! Halfway by the Judo World Championships, Iranian feminine judo fighter Leila and her coach Maryam obtain an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to faux an damage and lose, lest she be branded a traitor of the state. An intense political thriller described by one in all its administrators as “a artistic assertion to the world as hundreds of harmless Iranian persons are paying with their lives for freedom.” This stars Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, and Ash Goldeh. Introduced in B&W in 4:3 (the Academy ratio) to offer it a strong cinematic really feel. It is a rattling good trailer – ratchets up the strain because it goes on, organising an invigorating movie about by no means giving up the struggle. That is price a glance.
This is the official US trailer (+ new US poster) for Ebrahimi & Nattiv’s Tatami, direct from YouTube:
You’ll be able to watch the unique intl. trailer for Ebrahimi & Nattiv’s Tatami proper right here for much more footage.
From Venice: “Halfway by the Judo World Championships, Iranian feminine judo fighter Leila and her coach Maryam obtain an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to faux an damage and lose, lest she be branded a traitor of the state. Together with her personal and her household’s freedom at stake, Leila is confronted with an inconceivable selection: adjust to the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or struggle on, for the gold. Tatami is the primary characteristic movie to be co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker.” Tatami is co-directed by filmmakers Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Iranian actress making her characteristic directorial debut) & Man Nattiv (Israeli director of the movies Strangers, The Flood, Magic Males, Pores and skin, Golda). The screenplay is co-written by Elham Erfani and Man Nattiv. Produced by Adi Ezroni, Man Nattiv, Jaime Ray Newman, and Mandy Tagger. This initially premiered on the 2023 Venice Movie Pageant just a few years in the past and already opened in Europe. XYZ Movies will debut Tatami in choose US theaters beginning on June thirteenth, 2025 developing quickly.