Bahman Ghobadi

Born in February 1st, 1969

From Baneh, Iran

Bahman Ghobadi Biography

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. One of these short films, "Life in Fog" (1999) is even considered as the most famous short ever made in Iran. This success allowed Bahman Ghobadi to make several feature films, the best known being his first, "A Time for Drunken Horses" (2000), the first Kurd film in the history of Iran.

This film and all the the others made by Ghobadi were hits in the festival circuit, garnered dozens of awards but were little seen or not seen at all in his native country. His last movie to date, filmed without official permit, rapidly and feverishly, "No One Knows About Persian Cats" (2009) is a remarkable semi-documentary about underground indie music in Tehran.

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Bahman Ghobadi Movies

A Flag Without a Country Poster
January 22, 2016
Words with Gods Poster
October 10, 2014
Rhino Season Poster
October 10, 2012
Half Moon Poster
April 27, 2007
Turtles Can Fly Poster
October 19, 2004
Marooned in Iraq Poster
October 8, 2002

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