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Iranian Kurd Director Bahman Ghobadi

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Bahman Ghobadi on Cinema

Bahamn Ghobadi talks about his films, cinema and Kurdistan.

About Ghobadi:

Bahman Ghobadi (Kurdish: به‌همه‌نی قوبادی, Persian: بهمن قبادی ) is a Kurdish Iranian film director. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Iran. Ghobadi belongs to the so called "new wave" of Iranian cinema.

He was born in Baneh, in northwestern Kurdistan Province of Iran. His family moved to Sanandaj in 1981. In 1983, Kambozia Partovi discovered him as a young talent and supported him to enter cinema. Among others who had major influence on Ghobadi, was Behrouz Maghsoudlou, a renowned Iranian documentary film director and film critic. Ghobadi received a Bachelor of Arts in film directing from the Iranian Broadcasting College. After a brief career in industrial photography, Ghobadi began making short 8 mm films. His documentary Life In Fog won numerous awards. Bahman Ghobadi was assistant director on Abbas Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us. He was also one of the two main actors in Samira Makhmalbaf's The Blackboard (1999).

Bahman Ghobadi founded Mij Film in 2000, a company with the aim of production of films in Iran about its different ethnic groups. His first feature film was A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), the first Kurdish film produced in Iran. The film won Caméra d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. His second feature was Marooned in Iraq (2002), which brought him the Gold Plaque from Chicago International Film Festival. His third feature, Turtles Can Fly, followed in 2004, winning the Glass Bear and Peace Film Award at Berlin International Film Festival and Golden Shell at San Sebastian International Film Festival.

In 2006, Ghobadi's Half Moon won Golden Shell at San Sebastian International Film Festival. Iran's renowned actors Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi and Hedyeh Tehrani (also assistant director) acted in this movie. The music of the movie was made by Iran's world-class musician Hossein Alizadeh. The film, which is a collaborative project by Iran, France, Austria and Iraq, was shot fully in Iranian Kurdistan. However, it narrates the story of a group of Iranian Kurdish musicians who would like to travel to Iraq and organize a concert in Iraqi Kurdistan.

In 2006, Index on Censorship gave Ghobadi an Index Film Award for making a significant contribution to freedom of expression through his film "Turtles Can Fly

Filmography:

Short Films:
Golbaji 1990
A Glance 1990
Again Rain with Melody 1995
Party 1996
Like Mother 1996
God's Fish 1996
Notebook's Quote 1996
Ding 1996
Life in Fog 1997
The Pigeon of Nader Flew 1997
Telephone Booth 1997
War is Over 2003
Daf 2003

Films:
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Marooned in Iraq 2002
Turtles Can Fly 2004
Half Moon 2006

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Niwemang (Half Moon) (2006) - Bahman Ghobadi

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.

RELEASE INFO

DivX Release Date : 2008/04/24
DVD Retail Date ..: 2008/01/25
Theatre Date .....: 2007/07/11
Video Format .....: XviD
Video Bitrate ....: 759 Kbps
Resolution .......: 640 x 272
Aspect Ratio .....: 2.35 : 1
Language .........: Kurdish/Persian
Audio Format .....: VBR MP3
Audio Bitrate ....: 128 Kbps
DVD Runtime ......: 109 Mins
Frame Rate .......: 25 FPS
Subtitle .........: English/Chinese
Film Genre .......: Drama
File Size ........: 49 x 15MB

WEB INFO

IMDB Vote ......: 6.8/10 (217 votes)
IMDB URL .......: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847050/
Movie Link ......: N/A

MOVIE INFO

[ CAST ]
Golshifteh Farahani ... Niwemang
Ismail Ghaffari ... Mamo
Allah-Morad Rashtian
Hedye Tehrani ... Hesho (as Hedieh Tehrani)
Kambiz Arshi
Sadiq Behzadpoor
Reza Haj Khosravi
Mohamad Nahid

[ Awards ]
1. People's choice Award, International Competition, Istanbul International Film Festival, 2007.
2. Best Cinematography, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2006.
3. FIPRESCI Prize, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2006.
4. Golden Seashell, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2006.

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Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (Turtles Can Fly) (2004) - Bahman Ghobadi

"Turtles Can Fly" is set in Ghobadi’s native Kurdistan on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old Soran (Soran Ebrahim) is known as “Satellite,” for his installation of dishes and antennae for local villages looking for news of Saddam. He is the dynamic leader of the children, organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields. He then arranges trade-ins for the unexploded mines. The industrious Satellite falls for an unlikely orphan (Avaz Latif), a sad-faced girl travelling with her brother Henkov (Hirsh Feyssal), who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance. The siblings are care-taking a three-year-old, whose connection to the pair is discovered as harsh truths are unveiled.

The devastation to this land and its inhabitants is revealed in the matter-of-fact perspective of the children and is equally displayed with every poignant detail of its unbearable nature. The exquisitely haunting mountains play backdrop to violence and tragedy, but at the same time the heart and humour of the children is an undeniable force.

"Turtles Can Fly" won the Golden Shell at San Sebastian and the Silver Bear at Chicago and is the Iranian entry to the Academy for 2004 Foreign Film consideration. -- © IFC Films

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