Final Whistle

Australian Premiere | 2013

Director's Biography
Director's Biography
Niki Karimi was born in Tehran on November 10, 1971. She started her career as an actress since 1989. In 1995 she was awarded the silver shell for best Actress in San Sebastian film festival and Nantes film festival award for Sara By Darioush Mehrjuii.

Synopsis

Sahar, an Iranian documentarian, learns about the tragic fate of young Malineh while producing a film. The girl’s mother is charged with murder and is to be hanged. Despite peoples’ disapproval, sympathetic Sahar decides to help the girl get the money necessary to buy her mother out of the crime, but the amount required is too big.

Festivals

  • 18th FICA – Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema.
  • International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Production Team

Director
Niki Karimi
Country
Iran
Runtime 
90 min
Language
Persian with English Subtitles
Premiere Status 
Classification 
18+
Year
2011
Screenwriter 
Producer
Cinematographer 
Editor
Cast
Niki Karimi, Shahab Hosseini & Ashkan Khatibi

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