Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi

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.

  • Title: Bahman Ghobadi
  • Popularity: 4.846
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-02-01
  • Place of Birth: Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran
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  • Also Known As: 바흐만 고바디, Бахман Гобади, بەهمەنی قوبادی
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Bahman Ghobadi Movies

  • 2000
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    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    6.6 2000 HD

    Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...

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  • 2006
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    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

    6 2006 HD

    Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for...

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  • 2009
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    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    6.648 2009 HD

    Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

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  • 1999
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    The Wind Will Carry Us

    The Wind Will Carry Us

    7.111 1999 HD

    Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his...

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  • 2005
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    Turtles Can Fly

    Turtles Can Fly

    7.687 2005 HD

    Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

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  • 2002
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    Marooned in Iraq

    Marooned in Iraq

    6.9 2002 HD

    During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a...

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  • 2000
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    A Time for Drunken Horses

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    7.6 2000 HD

    After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

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  • 2006
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    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    6.4 2006 HD

    Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a...

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  • 2021
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    The Four Walls

    The Four Walls

    3.5 2021 HD

    Kurdish composer Boran is no longer able to see the ocean, obstructed by a new building, and a tragedy befalls him…

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  • 2021
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    The Four Walls

    The Four Walls

    3.5 2021 HD

    Kurdish composer Boran is no longer able to see the ocean, obstructed by a new building, and a tragedy befalls him…

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  • 2021
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    The Four Walls

    The Four Walls

    3.5 2021 HD

    Kurdish composer Boran is no longer able to see the ocean, obstructed by a new building, and a tragedy befalls him…

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  • 2009
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    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    6.648 2009 HD

    Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

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  • 2009
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    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    6.648 2009 HD

    Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

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  • 2009
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    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    6.648 2009 HD

    Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

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  • 2012
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    Rhino Season

    Rhino Season

    5.4 2012 HD

    Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of...

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  • 2014
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    Words with Gods

    Words with Gods

    5.688 2014 HD

    The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

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  • 2021
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    The Four Walls

    The Four Walls

    3.5 2021 HD

    Kurdish composer Boran is no longer able to see the ocean, obstructed by a new building, and a tragedy befalls him…

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  • 2003
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    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

    Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

    1 2003 HD

    Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a...

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  • 1999
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    Life in Fog

    Life in Fog

    5 1999 HD

    Nezhad is fourteen years old and both of his parents have passed away. He is forced to leave school and take care of the family. To earn a living, he...

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  • 1999
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    Life in Fog

    Life in Fog

    5 1999 HD

    Nezhad is fourteen years old and both of his parents have passed away. He is forced to leave school and take care of the family. To earn a living, he...

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  • 2015
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    A Flag Without a Country

    A Flag Without a Country

    3.3 2015 HD

    For Nariman the pilot and Helly Luv, an aspiring singer, being Kurdish is not just an identity; it’s a full-time job. Nariman needs young...

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  • 2005
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    Turtles Can Fly

    Turtles Can Fly

    7.687 2005 HD

    Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Turtles Can Fly

    Turtles Can Fly

    7.687 2005 HD

    Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

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  • 2015
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    Life on the Border

    Life on the Border

    9 2015 HD

    The fate of thousands of people is unified under the tarpaulins of the refugee camps in Kobanê and in Shingal. Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi...

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  • 2006
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    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    6.4 2006 HD

    Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a...

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  • 2006
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    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    6.4 2006 HD

    Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a...

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  • 2014
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    Mardan

    Mardan

    5.3 2014 HD

    A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a missing man in the rugged mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan,...

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  • 1999
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    The Wind Will Carry Us

    The Wind Will Carry Us

    7.111 1999 HD

    Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his...

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  • 2009
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    All My Mothers

    All My Mothers

    7 2009 HD

    During the 30 years of the Baath ruling under Sadam in Iraq thousands of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites were either killed or disappeared. Around 182,000...

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  • 2012
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    About 111 Girls

    About 111 Girls

    4.7 2012 HD

    An Iranian official (Reza Behboodi) tries to find husbands for a group of young Kurdish women who are threatening to kill themselves because of the...

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  • 2012
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    About 111 Girls

    About 111 Girls

    4.7 2012 HD

    An Iranian official (Reza Behboodi) tries to find husbands for a group of young Kurdish women who are threatening to kill themselves because of the...

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  • 2015
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    A Flag Without a Country

    A Flag Without a Country

    3.3 2015 HD

    For Nariman the pilot and Helly Luv, an aspiring singer, being Kurdish is not just an identity; it’s a full-time job. Nariman needs young...

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  • 2015
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    A Flag Without a Country

    A Flag Without a Country

    3.3 2015 HD

    For Nariman the pilot and Helly Luv, an aspiring singer, being Kurdish is not just an identity; it’s a full-time job. Nariman needs young...

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  • 2003
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    Daf

    Daf

    6.5 2003 HD

    This documentary shows us how a Daf elaborated. It's about a family that all their children are blinded and they're running their family business....

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  • 2012
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    Rhino Season

    Rhino Season

    5.4 2012 HD

    Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of...

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  • 2012
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    Rhino Season

    Rhino Season

    5.4 2012 HD

    Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of...

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  • 2000
    imgMovies

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    7.6 2000 HD

    After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

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  • 2000
    imgMovies

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    7.6 2000 HD

    After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Words with Gods

    Words with Gods

    5.688 2014 HD

    The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

    img
  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Daf

    Daf

    6.5 2003 HD

    This documentary shows us how a Daf elaborated. It's about a family that all their children are blinded and they're running their family business....

    img
  • 2000
    imgMovies

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    7.6 2000 HD

    After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    A Flag Without a Country

    A Flag Without a Country

    3.3 2015 HD

    For Nariman the pilot and Helly Luv, an aspiring singer, being Kurdish is not just an identity; it’s a full-time job. Nariman needs young...

    img
  • 2006
    imgMovies

    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    6.4 2006 HD

    Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a...

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Marooned in Iraq

    Marooned in Iraq

    6.9 2002 HD

    During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a...

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    No One Knows About Persian Cats

    6.648 2009 HD

    Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

    img
  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Turtles Can Fly

    Turtles Can Fly

    7.687 2005 HD

    Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

    img
  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Rhino Season

    Rhino Season

    5.4 2012 HD

    Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of...

    img
  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Marooned in Iraq

    Marooned in Iraq

    6.9 2002 HD

    During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a...

    img
  • 2015
    imgMovies

    A Flag Without a Country

    A Flag Without a Country

    3.3 2015 HD

    For Nariman the pilot and Helly Luv, an aspiring singer, being Kurdish is not just an identity; it’s a full-time job. Nariman needs young...

    img
  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Rhino Season

    Rhino Season

    5.4 2012 HD

    Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of...

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