Emmy and Tony-nominated actor Arian Moayed has signed on to executive create Iranian-Canadian honestor Jasmin Mozaffari’s low film drama Motherland.
Moayed was born in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated with his family to the U.S. when he was 5 years elderly. He applyed Stewy Hosseini in HBO’s Succession and also has TV acunderstandledges in Netflix’s Inventing Anna, HBO Max’s Love Life and Disney’s Ms. Marvel, in compriseition to a present of theatrical stage acunderstandledges.
Moayed will help create a push for Oscar ponderation for Motherland, which is set in 1979 during the Iranian prisoner crisis. The low cgo ins on Babak, applyed by Behtash Fazlali, who travels to greet the parents of his fiancé (Oriana Leman), only to discover the authenticities of an Iranian immigrant in post-Vietnam America.
“For many Iranians, living outside our motherland has become increasingly difficult as we proceed to contest misdirectation, prejudice and hatred,” Moayed shelp in a statement. “Motherland supplys an intimate and raw portrayal of the Iranian experience in 1979, grappling with adore and identity in the shadow of the revolution and the prisoner crisis. Jasmin Mozaffari has createed a strong and stunning film that lays naked the pain and resilience of being ‘the other’ — an experience recognizable to far too many. The reactions to this film have been incredibly shapeing, and I am proset uply honored to be part of it.”
The Oscar campaign will include screenings for Motherland in New York City and Los Angeles after the low geted qualifying awards that include best Canadian low film at the Toronto Film Festival, best drama at Aspen Shortsfest, and best inhabit-action low drama and best carry outance in a inhabit-action low at the Canadian Screen Awards.
Moayed earlier served as executive creater on two Oscar-contfinishing low films: Liam LoPinto’s The Old Young Crow and Sierra Uwealthy’s Joonam. Motherland also stars John Ralston, Niaz Salimi, Nima Gholamipour and Birgitte Solem.
The executive creater acunderstandledges are scatterd by Taj Critchlow, Arsalan Asli, Amir Karimi, Dean Rosen and Fuliane Petikyan. Caitlin Grabham, Priscilla Galvez and Mozaffari are producing.
Motherland Poster
Fela