Alireza Khatami

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'''Alireza Khatami''' (born 1980) is an [[Iran]]ian-[[Canada|Canadian]] film director and screenwriter.<ref>Nick Vivarelli, [https://variety.com/2023/film/global/alireza-khatami-things-that-you-kill-cast-1235700660/ "Iranian Auteur Alireza Khatami Lines Up Starry Turkish Cast for Patriarchy Drama ‘Things That You Kill’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', August 23, 2023.</ref> He is most noted for his 2025 film ''[[The Things You Kill]]'', which was selected as Canada's submission for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] award at the [[98th Academy Awards]].<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/the-things-you-kill-selected-as-canadas-submission-to-the-oscars/article_1f55120d-4422-5eab-b391-478f4720ebb1.html "‘The Things You Kill’ selected as Canada’s submission to the Oscars"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', August 26, 2025.</ref>

His debut feature film, ''[[Oblivion Verses]]'', debuted in the [[Orizzonti]] program at the [[74th Venice International Film Festival]] in 2017,<ref>Jonathan Romney, [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-oblivion-verses-venice-review/5121732.article "'The Oblivion Verses': Venice Review"]. ''[[Screen Daily]]'', September 2, 2017.</ref> where it won a number of awards including Best Screenplay in the Orrizonti section, the [[FIPRESCI]] Award and the Interfilm award.

In 2023, Khatami and [[Ali Asgari (director)|Ali Asgari]] collaborated on ''[[Terrestrial Verses]]'', which premiered in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2023 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>Nick Vivarelli, [https://variety.com/2023/film/global/iranian-directors-alireza-khatami-and-ali-asgari-underground-film-terrestrial-verses-trailer-1235620459/ "Iranian Directors Alireza Khatami and Ali Asgari on Making Underground Film ‘Terrestrial Verses’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', May 21, 2023.</ref>

''The Things You Kill'' premiered at the [[2025 Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>Carlos Aguilar, [https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/the-things-you-kill-review-sundance-turkey-1236285567/ "‘The Things You Kill’ Review: Family Secrets Cause a Man to Unravel in a Psychologically Intricate Homecoming Drama"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', January 24, 2025.</ref> where it was named the winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.<ref>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/02/03/the-things-you-kill-two-women-win-at-sundance/ "The Things You Kill, Two Women win at Sundance"]. ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', February 3, 2025.</ref>

He is an associate professor of film at [[Toronto Metropolitan University]].<ref>Nicole Thompson, [https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment-news/the-things-you-kill-selected-as-canadas-submission-to-the-oscars-11128583 "'The Things You Kill' selected as Canada's submission to the Oscars"]. ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', August 26, 2025.</ref>

==Filmography== *''[[Oblivion Verses]]'' - 2017 *''[[Terrestrial Verses]]'' - 2023 *''[[The Things You Kill]]'' - 2025

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==External links== *{{imdb name|3648488}}

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