Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadiis an Iranian film director of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema...
NationalityIranian
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth1 February 1969
food maybe worrying
For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
films flaw minutes music wondered
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
bothered doors facing problems
I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut.
love music region
I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
filmmaker millions people
I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
atmosphere interested music
I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
iranian order takes
In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
feels good script wait work
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
people producers speaks
When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
complex education explode proper
I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's why it's almost like a complex in me that I want to explode myself in my films.
answer ask east islamic lies people suppress
I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
burnt heard iraq protest talk whom
In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others.
breaking corruption enjoyment fact iranian lying married oppose rules society women
Lying and corruption are in the Iranian society in all sense of the world, and if you do research about married women, you see that a lot of them tell you they get a lot of enjoyment from breaking the rules of corruption, because just for the fact that they break the rules, it makes them oppose the system.
children believe people
I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.