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Iranian-French actress Zahra Amir Ebrahimi on her films that take aim at Iran’s regime, and advocating for women’s rights

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“If I return to Iran then I would be arrested at the airport,” says Ebrahimi during an interview in Hong Kong at the Mira Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Zahra Amir Ebrahimi in Shayda (2023), in which she plays the titular role. Ebrahimi was in Hong Kong this month as part of the 48th Hong … Read more

‘My hands are always dirty’: actress Karena Lam on her new pottery obsession, women in film, and why she won’t sing professionally again

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“During the pandemic, everything just stopped. I felt like when I wasn’t satisfied with the screenplays, when films couldn’t satisfy me creatively, I discovered pottery. So I’ve been really obsessed with it for the past four years.” Lam was immediately smitten by the malleable yet immutable quality of clay when she began playing with it. … Read more