Bahman Ghobadi, the Kurdish-Iranian director whose “The Four Walls” has its world premiere this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival, wants people to watch his film on a big screen.
“If you watch it on a computer you might think that ‘The Four Walls’ is about a building,” he says. “But watching in the cinema you will be able to understand that it is a metaphor, to feel the different forces pressing in.”
The story, loosely based on Ghobadi’s own experiences, involves a man who works for years to buy a small home with a sea view and to have his family move in with him. But, when he returns after a period of enforced absence, he finds that a developer is building a new property that will block his cherished vista. The man’s fight to reclaim what he has lost is humorous, tragic and enraging.
The film is set in Istanbul,...
“If you watch it on a computer you might think that ‘The Four Walls’ is about a building,” he says. “But watching in the cinema you will be able to understand that it is a metaphor, to feel the different forces pressing in.”
The story, loosely based on Ghobadi’s own experiences, involves a man who works for years to buy a small home with a sea view and to have his family move in with him. But, when he returns after a period of enforced absence, he finds that a developer is building a new property that will block his cherished vista. The man’s fight to reclaim what he has lost is humorous, tragic and enraging.
The film is set in Istanbul,...
- 5/11/2021
- por Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Award-winning Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker’s features include A Time For Drunken Horses and Rhino Season.
Exiled Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi has written an open letter to the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Ampas) suggesting a new initiative under which directors in exile would be given a chance to submit their films to the best international film category.
His idea takes inspiration from the Refugee Olympic Team (Eor) which participated at the Tokyo games this summer with 29 athletes hailing from 11 different territories, including Iran, Syria and South Sudan but living in 13 host countries.
“I would like to address the concern...
Exiled Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi has written an open letter to the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Ampas) suggesting a new initiative under which directors in exile would be given a chance to submit their films to the best international film category.
His idea takes inspiration from the Refugee Olympic Team (Eor) which participated at the Tokyo games this summer with 29 athletes hailing from 11 different territories, including Iran, Syria and South Sudan but living in 13 host countries.
“I would like to address the concern...
- 29/9/2021
- por Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Palace nabs pair of fest faves
SYDNEY -- Independent distributor Palace Films has secured Australian and New Zealand rights for two of the films screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Turtles Can Fly, the first film out of Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, is the latest feature from Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) and was recently awarded the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Touch the Sound is a documentary about the pioneering solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Melbourne-based Palace also confirmed that Benjamin Zeccola will be managing acquisitions for the company after Tait Brady's recent departure to become a feature film evaluation manager with the Film Finance Corporation Australia.
- 13/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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