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Bahman Ghobadi - Biography |
Bahman Ghobadi was born on February 1st, 1969 in Baneh, province of Kurdistan in Iran.He was the first son of the four born in his family. He got his B.A. in film Directing from the Iranian Broadcasting College. He lived in Baneh up to age 12. Because of civil disputes, his whole family emigrated to Sanandaj (Center of Kurdistan Province in Iran).
He recieved his diploma in Sanandaj & he came to Tehran in 1992 for his advanced studies. Ghobadi started his artistic career in field of Industrial photography from 1998. He was never properly graduated because he believed every thing he had learnt was all from his short films. All this experience helped him to expand his individualistic vision of the world that surrounded him. He started filmmaking with 8mm. He made a few short documentaries as a starting point.
His short films, as of the mid 1990's, received many foreign & domestic awards. "Life in fog" opened a new opportunity in his career. This film was accepted for many different International awards & became "The most famous documentary ever made in the history of Iranian cinema".
With the making of the full-length feature 'A Time For Drunken Horses (1999)' he became a recognized professionaldirector all over. This is the first Kurdish full feature film in the history of the Iranian cinema, and Ghobadi is the first Kurdish director in the history Iranian cinema.. |
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Turtles Can Fly
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Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future. |
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A Time For Drunken Horses |
Ayoub is a young boy living in a village near the border of Iraq in Kurdistan Province. He works in the bazaar along with his little sister. When his father dies, he is obliged to protect his three sisters and sick brother, Madi. Madi needs surgery, without which, he is expected to live a maximum of 7 to 8 months. Ayoub tries to smuggle merchandise by mule into Iraq in an attempt to raise money for Madi’s operation. The owner of the mules refuses to pay Ayoub and his group after the job. Ayoub again looks for a job to pay for his brother's operation. He gets a second chance to smuggle goods using the mule his uncle lends him after breaking his arm. Rojin, Ayoub's sister, marries a suitor living in a village on the border of Iraq on the condition that he smuggles Madi into Iraq for his operation. Despite Ayoub's objections the wedding takes place and they all move to the border village, including Madi. The groom's mother prevents Madi from going with them and gives Ayoub a mule as a conciliatory gift. Ayoub and Madi along with the acquired mule return to their native village and sell it to get money for Madi's operation. |
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Mirza, a famous Kurdish musician, hears that his ex-wife Hanare is introuble. He accompanied by his two sons, embarks on an adventurous journey across the Iran-Iraq border to find her. They finally find her in a refugee camp, disfigured by the chemical attacks.
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Filmography |
- Golbaji (1990 - short film)
- A Glance (1990 - short film)
- Again Rain with Melody (1995 - short film)
- Party (1996 - short film)
- Like Mother (1996 - short film)
- God's Fish (1996 - short film)
- Notebook's Quote (1996 - short film)
- Ding (1996 - short film)
- Life in Fog (1997 - short film)
- The Pigeon of Nader Flew (1997 - short film)
- Telephone Booth (1997 - short film)
- A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
- Marooned in Iraq (2002)
- War is Over (2003 - short film)
- Daf (2003 - short film)
- Turtles Can Fly (2004)
- Niwemang (2005 - aka Half Moon
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