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Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer who belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema. He has made several acclaimed films about the Kurdish culture and identity, such as A Time for Drunken Horses, Turtles Can Fly and No One Knows About Persian Cats.
Bahman Ghobadi is a director, writer and producer of acclaimed films such as A Time for Drunken Horses and Turtles Can Fly. He was born in 1969 in Baneh, Iranian Kurdistan, and made his first short film, Life in Fog, in 1999.
- January 1, 1
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- Baneh, Iran
Bahman Ghobadi. Director: Turtles Can Fly. Bahman Ghobadi was born in 1969 in Baneh, in the province of Iranian Kurdistan, near the Iran-Iraq border. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics.
- February 1, 1969
Oct 25, 2000 · Bahman Ghobadi talks about his filmmaking journey, his Kurdish identity, and his non-political approach to the harsh reality of the Iran-Iraq border. He also reveals how he used real people, especially children, as actors in his first Kurdish film.
- Indiewire
Nov 5, 2021 · The Kurdish-Iranian director's latest film is a comedy-drama about a man fighting for his sea view in Istanbul. Ghobadi talks about his exile, his Oscar campaign and his upcoming projects.
A retrospective of the Iranian filmmaker's five features, from A Time for Drunken Horses to No One Knows About Persian Cats. Explore his portraits of the Kurds, Tehran and the power of music and humor in the face of oppression.
Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi talks about his films, his audience, his challenges and his vision for Kurdish cinema in this 2009 interview. He discusses his responsibility to represent Kurds, his views on Iranian cinema, his plans for a movie theatre and a workshop in Kurdestan, and his ideas on borders and children.
