{"id":30217,"date":"2025-06-13T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30217"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:50:31","slug":"tatami-guy-nattiv-zar-amir-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30217","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tatami\u2019 Directors Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir on Exploring the World of Female Judo Athletes (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv is already fairly well-known for his films <\/span><b><i>Skin<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>Golda<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the latter which received an Oscar nomination but for its hair and makeup, but not for Dame Helen Mirren\u2019s transformative performance. For Nattiv\u2019s new film, <\/span><b><i>Tatami<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the filmmaker has a couple key collaborators, notably Persian actress Zar Amir, best known for starring in <\/span><b><i>Holy Spider <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b><i>Shayda<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who makes her directorial debut with the film.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-written with Elham Erfani, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tatami <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explores the world of female Judo competitors, in this case Arienne Mandi\u2019s Leila Hosseini, a top competitor at the Judo World Championship, trying to bring the gold medal back to Iran when she receives an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic via her coach Maryam (played by Ms. Amir) to forfeit or fake an injury to not continue\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This demand leaves both Leila and Maryam between a rock and a hard place on whether to follow the orders from the Iranian regime or to fight on and hopefully win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a chance to speak with Nattiv and Ms. Amir via Zoom for an interview you can watch in the video player above, and while this journalist tries to remain politically neutral, it was impossible not to ask about the situation in Israel, considering that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tatami<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> debuted at the Venice Film Festival literally a month before the Hammas attack that has left the Middle East in shambles. Both filmmakers gave a great answer about the situation there and how art and film could be the great mediator in any tough political situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Subscribe to CinemaDaily US\u2019 YouTube channel for more video content.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30220\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TatamiPoster-696x1044.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Directors: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Screenwriters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Guy Nattiv, Elham Erfani\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir, Jamie Ray Newman, Ash Goldeh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy Nattiv, Adi Ezroni, Jaime Ray Newman, Mandy Tagger Brockey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keshet Studios<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> XYZ Films<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unrated<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drama, Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Persian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 13, 2025 (NY)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour, 45 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JHdzSTFslbI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TATAMI Official Trailer - Only in Theaters June 13th - https:\/\/www.tatamimovie.com\/\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHdzSTFslbI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv is already fairly well-known for his films Skin and Golda, the latter which received an Oscar nomination but for its hair and makeup, but not for Dame Helen Mirren\u2019s transformative performance. For Nattiv\u2019s new film, Tatami, the filmmaker has a couple key collaborators, notably Persian actress Zar Amir, best known for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":30218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,20471],"tags":[27280,27322,17104,4896,27281,27282,18779,14693,18781],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tatami Directors Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Video Interview<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cinema Daily US speaks with Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir, co-directors of the sports drama Tatami, set in the world of competitive judo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30217\" 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