Babak Jalali
DirectorAbout
Born in Northern Iran and raised primarily in London, his short film, Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran, received a BAFTA nomination for Best Short Film in 2006. He developed his debut feature film, Frontier Blues, at the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation Residence. The film premiered at the 2009 Locarno Film Festival and went on to receive the Fipresci Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. His second feature, Radio Dreams, won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2016 Rotterdam Film Festival. His third, Land, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018. Fremont is his fourth feature film.
2023 Fremont
2018 Land
2016 Radio Dreams
2009 Frontier Blues
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