Babak Jalali

Biografie

Babak Jalali was born in 1978 in Gorgan in northern Iran, but has lived mainly in London since 1986. He has a master’s degree in politics from the University of London as well as a diploma from the London Film School. During his course there he made three short films: A Trip to the Coast (2002), Nadja (2003), and Boxes (2004). His graduation film, Heydar, an Afghan in Teheran, told the story of a young Afghan working for a rich Iranian, spending his free time learning English in order to work as a translator in Afghanistan. The film was short-listed in the Best Short Film category at BAFTA in 2006. That same year Babak Jalali had a residency at the Cannes Festival’s Cinéfondation where he was able to develop his first feature film, Frontier Blues.
Filmography :
2002 A TRIP TO THE COAST (short)
2003 NADJA (short)
2004 BOXES (short)
2006 HEYDAR, AN AFGHAN IN TEHRAN (short)
2009 FRONTIER BLUES

Filme von Babak Jalali im Verleih

Frontier Blues (2009) "Willkommen im Land von Liebeskummer und Traktoren", sagt eine der Figuren in «Frontier Blues», der in der Provinz Golestan an der iranisch-turkmensischen Grenze angesiedelt ist, in kargen Steppen am Kaspischen Meer. Ein herrlich-lakonisches Stück Kino aus der iranisch-turkmenischen Grenzregion. Aki Kaurismäki und Jim Jarmusch lassen grüssen. Alam ist ein 28-jähriger Turkmene, der bei seinem Vater lebt und auf einer Hühnerfarm arbeitet. Er lernt Englisch im Selbststudium, denn er will ein Mädchen namens Ana heiraten und sie nach Baku holen.