Sara Fazilat

Sara Fazilat is a storyteller both on and off screen, working as an actress, producer, screenwriter, and director. She studied acting in London at RADA and Guildhall and filmmaking at the DFFB and Columbia University in New York. In 2017, she was selected for Berlinale Talents. On television, Fazilat has appeared in several films and series, including "Counterpart" alongside J.K. Simmons. In cinema, she was part of "1000 Zeilen", "Every You Every Me", and the German Film Award-winning and Cannes-winning "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbasi. Her Film NICO was nominated for the German Academy Award 2022 and was among 9 Films shortlisted from German Films for the Oscar Entry.