Filmography of BAHMAN GHOBADI

2015 Life on the Border

• A documentary made by eight children from Kobani and Shengal in refugee camps on the border of Syria and Iraq, who recorded their own life experiences and stories in the wake of brutal attacks by ISIS.
• To make this project a reality, Bahman Ghobadi has purchased sixty cameras and organized film workshops to teach children from a refugee camps how to make their movies.
• Production: MijFilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Directed by: Mahmod Ahmad, Ronahi Ezaddin, Sami Hossein, Delovan Kekha, Hazem Khodeideh, Diar Omar, Zohour Saeid, Basmeh Soleiman
• Duration: 73 minutes
• Collaborating director: Nemati Shaho, Mohammad Toriwarian
• Music: Babak Mirzakhani, Rebin Tabak
• Sound editor: Bahman Ghobadi
• Sound mixer: Shaho Nemati
• Sound: Mohammad Toriwarian
• Edition: Shabnam Hosseini
• Visual effects: Saman Majd Vafaei
• Production manager: Shaho Nemati
• Production coordinator: Golriz Ehtiati
• Technical advisor: Hamid Ghavami, Omid Rastbin, Mohammad Torevarian, Bijan Zmanpira
• With special thanks to: Pouria Heidary Oureh
• Awards and screenings:
  2016.02 66th Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
  2016.09.21 Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt, Germany
  2017. 03.02 ZagrebDox- International Documentary Film Festival Zagreb, Croatia
  2017. 11.10 Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain

2015 A Flag without a Country

• A Flag Without A Country” is a Kurdish documentary-fiction dually following the stories of Helly Luv and Nariman from Kurdistan. Both, Helly Luv and Nariman pursue to be a source of strength to their society; a society that perpetually deals with the harsh conditions of life, war and ISIS attacks.Helly Luv is a Kurdish pop-singer. She wants to promote Kurdistan and bring it into international attention while at the same time she is wanting to give to the Kurdish people an icon and a sense of community.Nariman is a pilot, who in an accident broke his leg and consequently can no longer fly. He runs a pilot school for the children of Kurdistan, but the parents of some of the children are hesitant to send their kids after hearing of the accident. Nariman is insistent and together with the children they build a civil plane for Kurdistan.As the two stories intertwine, the difficult conditions of Kurdistan unravel and provide a background to both, Nariman and Helly Luv’s pursuit to support their society
• Production: Mijfilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi.
• Written and directed by: Bahman Ghobadi.
• Duration: 93 minutes
• Produced in: Iraqi-Kurdistan
• Director of the photography: Jafar Aslani
• Music: Bahman Ghobadi, Ashkan Kooshanejad, Vedat Yildirim, Bajar and Kardes Turkler, Huseyin Karabey, Lawje
• Sound recorder: Mohammad Towrivarian
• VFX supervisor: Farbod Khoshtinat
• Production Manager: Milad Fezollah Beigi
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Line Producer: Golriz Ehtiati
• Cast: Nariman Anwar, Helly Luv
• Festival screenings:
  2015 20th Busan Film Festival
  2015 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
  2016 Sundance Film festival
  2016 22nd Vilnius Film Festival
  2016 Edinburgh International Film festival
  2016 Munich International Film festival
  2017 40th Mostra Internacional Film Festival, Sao Paolo, Brasil
  2018.01.24 29th Trieste Iternational Film Festival, Trieste, Italy

2012 Rhino Season

• A haunting love story that spans three decades, Rhino Season is based on the tragic story of a Kurdish poet and family friend of Ghobadi’s who was unjustly incarcerated during Iran’s Islamic Revolution. The victim of a personal vendetta, Sahel (Behrouz Vossoughi) is thrown into prison along with his devoted wife Mina (Monica Bellucci). Inexplicably released after serving a ten-year sentence, Mina is informed by the authorities that Sahel is dead. Heartbroken, she and her two children leave Iran for Istanbul — unknowingly leaving behind her very-much-alive husband, who is forced to stay in prison for another twenty years. Finally released, Sahel sets out to find his wife, the memory of whom was the only thing that had sustained him throughout his agonizing ordeal. But after clinging to an intangible vision for so many years, what kind of reality awaits him now?
• Production: MIJ FILM, BKM FILM
• Written, directed and produced by: Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 104 minutes
• International sales: WILD BUNCH
• Festival distribution: MIJ FILM
• Cinematographer: Touraj Aslani
• Editor: Valerie Loiseleux
• Sound: Thomas Robert
• Music: Kayhan Kalhor
• Production designers: Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Daryai
• Cast:
• Behrouz Vossoughi
• Monica Bellucci
• Yilmaz Erdogan
• Caner Cindoruk
• Beren Saat
• Belçim Bilgin
• Arash Labaf
• Ali Pourtash
• Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan
• Awards:
  2012 SEPTEMBER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  2012 NOVEMBER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS
  2012 DECEMBER, BRONZ FROG FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY- PLUS CAMERIMAGE
• Festival Screenings:
  2012 SEPTEMBER, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SPECIAL PRESENTATION, CANADA
  2012 SEPTEMBER, SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, IN COMPETITION, SPAIN
  2012 OCTOBER, BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, GALA PRESENTATION, SOUTH KOREA
  2012 OCTOBER, CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MAIN COMPETITION, USA
  2012 OCTOBER, FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA CANADA, PRESENTATION SPECIALE
  2012 NOVEMBER, THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, FILMMAKER IN FOCUS, GREECE
  2012 NOVEMBER, TALINN BLACK NIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL COMPETITION, ESTONIA
  2012 NOVEMBER, ASIAN PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS, COMPETITION, AUSTRALIA
  2012 NOVEMBER, WORLD CINEMA ALE KINO, POLAND
  2012 NOVEMBER, CAMERIMAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, IN COMPETITION, POLAND
  2012 DECEMBER, MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, HORS-COMPETITION, MAROCCO
  2012 DECEMBER, TOKYO FILMEX INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SPECIAL SCREENINGS, JAPAN
  2013 JANUARY, GOTEBURG INTERNATIONA FILM FESTIVAL, MASTER SCREENINGS, SWEDEN
  2013 JANUARY, FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM IRAN, BOSTON, HOUSTON WASHINGTON DC
  2013 JANUARY ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SIGNALS: INSIDE IRAN
  2013 FEBRUARY, JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, UNITED KINGDOM
  2013 APRIL, KOSMORAMA TRONDHEIM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NORWAY
  2013 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, THIRD IRANIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AUSTRALIA

2009 No One Knows About Persian Cats

• Synopsis: After having been released from jail, a young girl and boy roam the heart of Tehran. Their mission is to form a new band. These two gallant youngsters will start a journey through Tehran’s musical undergound and recrute, one by one, their new band members. Their dream is to leave Iran and perform at music festivals in London and Paris. Having no money, nor passport, they turn to the street-smart people of the city. Eventually getting help to obtain a fake passport, their fantasy might just come true. But they will leave only under one condition- that they will be able to perform for their people, for the first and last time.
• Production: MIJFILM
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Directed by: Bahman Ghobadi
• Written by: Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein M. Abkenar and Roxana Saberi
• Duration: 106 minutes
• International sales: WILD BUNCH
• Cinematographer: Touradj Aslani
• Edit: Hayedeh Safiyari
• Programming: Sepehr Mikaeilian
• Director Assistants: Mehdi Pourmusa, Sepehr Mikaeilian and Batin Ghobadi
• Sound Engineer: Nezamedin Kiaei
• Sound Mix: Bahman Ardalan
• Production Manager: Behrooz Ghobadi
• Cast
• Negar Shaghaghi
• Ashkan Koushanejad
• Hamed Behdad
• Babak Mirzakhan
• Festival Screenings:
  2009 13 to 24 May, Festival De Cannes, Un Certain Regard- France
  2009 17th – 27th September, Helsinki International Filmfestival, Finnland
  2009‎ 18th – 26th September, San Sebastian Film festival‎, Spain
  2009 24th September ‎3rd October, Hamburg Film festival, Germany
  2009 7th – 18th October, 38th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal Canada
  2009 8th -16th October, 14th Pusan, South Korea
  2009 8th – 17th October,‎ Middle East International Film festival, EAU
  2009‎ 14th -29th October, London Film festival, UK
  2009‎ October 29 – November‎1, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar
  2009 21th-25th October, Kurdish Film Festival, NY, USA
  2009 6th-15th November, Copenhagen Film festival, Denmark
  Screening Mars Company, Paris, 16th – 20th November
  2009 16th-20th November, Stockholm Film festival, Sweden
  2009 21th-29th November, Tokyo Filmex Film Festival, Japan
  2009 26th-29th November, 4th Kurdish Film Festival, Frankfurt, Germany
  2009 1st November- 6th December,13th Tallinn Blach Nights Film festival
  Screening days Mars company, Paris, 9th-11th December
  2009 11th – 18th December, The International Film Festival of Kerala, India
  2010 10th – 11th of January, Cinéart, Brussels, Belgium
  Rotterdam Film festival, 30th Jan- 7 february,
  FILM MIDDLE EAST NOW film festival, Florence, Italy, 3 to 7 February
  2009 20-21 February, International Independent Film festival, Turkey, Istanbul
  2010 18-21 February, Global Film Festival: Film and Music, USA
  2009 17 – 27 March, Cape Winelands Film Jury in Cape Town, Jury
  2010 25th – 31st March, Amnesty International’s Movies that Matter Festival – The Hague, Netherlands
  2010 7,8,9 July, 3rd edition of the “without borders” film festival, Rome at casa del cinema Italy

2006 Halfmoon

• Mamo, an old renowned Kurdish musician, has begun a journey to Iraq with his sons to perform a concert after the fall of Saddam Hossein. Kako, a middle-aged man and a huge fan of Mamo’s, enthusiastically escorts them in an orange minibus which he has borrowed from a friend. Mamo gathers his sons one by one from different areas. The last son who joins the team insists on speaking to Mamo in private. He explains to Mamo that the Wise man of the village has predicted that Mamo should not go on the trip because, as the full moon nears, something awful will happen to him. Mamo persists on continuing his journey. He claims that he must continue his trip despite all the obstacles because he was not allowed to perform in Iraq for many years. Mamo intends to take Hesho, a female singer who lives with 1334 other women in exile, as part of his team. But the strength of Hesho’s voice has dwindled along with her self confidence. While crossing the borders, Mamo’s team faces many difficulties as their journey is wrought with adventure and disaster each step of the way.
• Production: Mij Film
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Written and directed by: Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 114 minutes
• Year: 2006
• Produceed in: Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Austria
• International sales: Match Factory (Germany)
• This film is part of the New Crowned Hope Festival
• Produced by Wiener Festwochen, Vienna Mozart Year 2006
• Telekom Austria JCDecaux – www.newcrownedhope.org
• Co-Scenarist: Behnam Behzadi
• With thanks to: Kambozia Partovi
• Director of Photography: Nigel Blْuck
• Additional Photography: Chrighton Bone
• Music Composed by: Hossein Alizadeh
• Sound Designed, Recorded and Edited by: Bahman Ardalan
• Edited by: Hayedeh Safiyari
• Art Directors: Bahman Ghobadi, Mansooreh Yazdanjoo
• Make-up Artist: Mehrdad Mirkiani
• Programmer and 1st Assistant Directors: Amin Mahdavi, Jalal Saedpanah
• Director’s Crew: Hamid Ghavami, Omid Rastbin, Hamid Karimi
• Script: Golkou Parhizgar
• Art Director’s Assistant: Mehdi Poormoosa
• 1st Assistant Camera: Mansoor Zohoori
• 2nd Assistant Camera: Bahman Nadyab
• Camera Crew: Farzad Mojtahedzadeh, Atef Amiri, Jafar Aslani
• Assistant Editors: Shabnam Hosseini, Mahmood Ghaffari
• Composer’s Assistant: Ali Boustan
• Titles: Mahmood Ghaffari
• Set Photographer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Behind the Scenes: Sophie Leguenedal
• Dolby Mix: Masood Behnam, Hamid Naghibi
• Sound Assistants: Babak Ardalan, Mansoor Shahbazi
• Mix Assistants: Hossein Mafi, Ali Abolsedq
• Make-up Assistants: Reza Arabi, Elham Atiabi
• International Affairs: Mohamad Reza Safiri
• Line Producers: Hedieh Tehrani, Abbas Ghazali
• Associate Producer: Behrooz Hashemian
• Executive Producer: Simon Field, Keith Griffiths
• Production Managers in iran: Behrooz Ghobadi, Jalil Shabani
• Production Supervisor: Hosein Sabzi
• Sound Studio: Studio Bahman, Studio Saint Louen Paris
• Music Studio: Studio Dohol, Reza Askarzadeh
• Film Lab: Iran Centre of Film Services & Industries
• Cast:
• Ismail Ghaffari: Mamo
• Allah Morad Rashtiani: Kako
• Farzin Sabooni
• Kambiz Arshi
• Sadiq Behzadpoor
• Ali Ashraf Rezai
• Reza Haj Khosravi
• Mohamad Nahid
• Bahram Zarei
• Hedieh Tehrani: Heshow
• Golshifteh Farahani: Niwemang
• Hassan Poorshirazi: Police Officer
• Awards:
  2006 The Golden Shell (the top prize) from the 54th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain
  2006 The Best Director of Photography Award from the 54th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain
  2006 The Jury Award (FIPRESCI) for the Best Screenplay from the 54th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain
  2007 April, People’s Choice Award in the International Competition from 26th Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey
  2007 April, The Amnesty International Award from 4th IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal
  2007 May, Honorable Mention for Screenplay from the Tribeca Film Festival, New York, USA
  2007 July, The Keys of the city from Umbria Film Festival, Italy
  2007 October, Grand Prize of 4th Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan
  2007 4th – 7th October, Jury Award from 8th Ojai international Film festival, CA, U.S.A
  2008 The critic, Michael Atkinson, Selected Half Moon as a one of the best Movie in 2008.
• Festival Screenings:
  2006 September 7th – 16th, Toronto International Film Festival, , Canada
  2006 September 21st – 30th, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain, Section: Competition
  2006 September 28th – October 8th, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland: Retrospective
  2006 11th – 20th October, Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea: Competition
  2006 20th October – 2nd November, Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil
  2006 Santiago de Compostela, 2nd – 30th November, Cineuropa Festival, Spain: Retrospective
  2006 10th -24th November, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
  2006 17th – 26th November, Filmex International Film Festival, , Japan: Competition
  2006 14th November to 13th December, New Crowned Hope Festival, Vienna, Austria
  2006 5th – 15th December, 28th International Festival of New Latin-American Cinema (Havana), Panorama Contemporary International Section, , Cuba
  2006 December 8th, 4th London Kurdish Film Festival,
  2007 24th January – 4th February, 36th Rotterdam International Film Festival, Time & Tide Section, , Netherlands
  2007 23rd February – 4th March, 3rd Adelaid Film Festival, Australia: Competition
  2007 2nd – 11th March, Miami International Film Festival, USA
  2007 8th – 18th March, Cinema Novo Bruges,, Belgium: New Crowned Hope
  2007 23rd March – 1st April, National Film Festival Copenhagen, Denmark: New Crowned Hope
  2007 20th March – 11 April, 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival, China
  Istanbul International Film Festival, 31st March – 14th April, 2007, Turkey: Competition
  2007 10th – 25 April, Munich Fiilm Museum, Germany: New Crowned Hope
  2007 14th – 21st April, 3rd Bucharest International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania: Competition
  2007 19th – 29th April, 4th International Independent Film Festival, Indialisboa, Portugal: New Crowned Hope
  2007 19th – 29th April, 15th Open Doek Film Festival , Belgium
  2007 25th April – 6th May, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, , USA: Competition
  2007 1st June – 4th June, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
  2007 8th June – 24th June, Sydney International Film Festival, Australia
  2007 13th June – 17 June, Midnight Sun Film Festival, Finland
  2007 20th June – 1st July, 28th Durban International Film Festival, South Africa: Competition
  2007 21st June – 1st July, Los Angeles Film Festival, USA
  2007 29th June – 4th July, Libertia Film Festival, Dubronville, , Croatia
  2007 9 – 17 June, Festival de Granada ,Cines Del Sur, Spain
  2007 4th July – 8th July, Umbria Film Festival, Italy
  2007 14 July – 19 July, The Barbican London NCH Program, UK
  2007 19th July – 29th July, ERA New Horizons, , Poland
  2007 13th – 29th July, 39th Auckland International Film Festival, New Zealand
  2007 20th July – 5th August, 36th Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand
  2007 25th July – 12 August, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
  2007 14th – 20th August, Santiago International Film Festival, Chile
  2007 17th – 25th August, Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  2007 July, ICA Film Festival, Britain
  2007 29th Aguest-6th September, International Art Museum Film,Boston, U.S.A
  2007 4th – 10th September, Alexandria Film festival, , Egypt
  2007 July, 10th High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Iran Cinema, Gorjia
  2007 23rd – 29th September, 4th Eurasia Film Festival, Kazakhstan
  2007 4th – 11th October, 17th Oslo Films from South Festival, Norway
  2007 4th – 7th October, 8th Ojai international Film festival, CA, U.S.A
  2007 24th – 30th October, 1st Kurdish Film Festival of Paris, France
  2007 17th – 25th November, 8th Asiaticafilmmediale, Rome, Italy
  2007 15th November- 9th December, Black nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
  2007 7th- 15th December, Ale kino Film festival, Poland
  2008 27th March – 4th April, Prague International Film Festival, Febiofest, Czech Republik
  2008 3rd-13th April, Taitanic International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
  2008 24th May- 1st June, 5th Annual Kurdish Film Festival, Berlin, Germany,
  2008 21-27 June, 54th Flaherty International Film Seminar, NY
  2008 27-7 July, Musuem of Modern Art (Moma), NY
  2008 4th-10th September, 7th International Nueva Mirada (New approach) , Buenos Aires Argentina
  2008 20th – 24th September, Third Manchester Kurdish Film Festival, Manchester UK
  2008 9th -12th October, Etnia Film Festival, Turku, Finland
  2008 16th – 23th October, 7th Asian Film Festival, Third Eye, Mumbai, India
  2008 12th – 19th December, 3rd International Film Festival of Kelara, India
  2009 10-24 March, Iranian Film Festival in Laval-Mayenne, , France

  Universities, Art and Cinema Foundations:
  2007 6th August, BAM Rose 4 Cinemas Jacob Entertainment Inc., Brooklyn, NY
  2007 29th August to 6th September, Museum of Fine Arts Theater, Boston, Massachusetts
  2007 15th September, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Iran Cinema, Atlanta, Georgia
  2007 20th to 21st September, Wexner Center for the Arts, , Columbus, OH
  2007 6th to 7th October, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
  2007 18th to 20th October, Pacific Film Archives, , Berkeley, CA
  2007 26th to 28th October, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  2007 7th and 11th November, Rehoboth Beach Film Society, Rehoboth Beach, DE
  2007 10th to 14th November, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
  2007 19th November, Plaza Cinemas 14 in the Downtown Ctr. for the Arts, Oxnard, CA
  2007 14th to 20th December, Hippodrome State Theater, Gainesville, FL
  2007 20th December, ImaginAsia New York, New York, NY
  2007 28th December- 2008 3rd January, The ImaginAsia Center, Los Angeles, CA
  2008 22nd January, Denison Museum, Granville, OH
  2008 24th to 30th January, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
  2008 25th to 31st January, Pacific Film Resources Tivoli Manor Square, Kansas City, MO
  2008 8th to 10th February, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
  2008 15th to 21st February, Hollywood Triplex at the Paulson Theater Service, Portland, OR
  2008 13th March, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY
  2008 16th to 17th March, Buffalo Theater at Bennett Street Films, Buffalo, WY
  2008 2nd April, Duke University, Durham, NC
  2008 4th to 6th April, Cinema Dept. of Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
  2008 10th April, The MacMillan Center of Yale University, New Haven, CT

2004 Turtles Can Fly

• Synopsis: The film is set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old boy is known as “Satellite” for his installation of satellite dishes and antennas for local villagers looking for news of Saddam Hussein and the impending war. He is the dynamic leader of the children, organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields, and then arranges trade-ins for the unexploded mines.Satellite falls for an unlikely orphan named Agrin, a sad-faced girl traveling with her disabled but smart brother Henkov, who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance. The siblings are taking care of a three-year-old, whose connection to the pair is discovered when a harsh truth about these children are revealed.
• Production: Mijfilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Written and directed by: Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 98 minutes
• Director of Photography: Shahryar Assadi
• Assistant of Writer: Mohammad Reza Kateb, Sepideh Shamlou
• Planner and Assistant Director: Shahram Shah Hosseini
• Second Assistant of Director: Jalal Saed Panah
• Production: Hamid Ghavami, Batin Ghobadi, Hamid Karimi, Babak Amini
• Script Supervisor: Nahid Ghobadi
• Back Stage Cinematography: Abedin Ali Veisi
• Photos: Bahman Ghobadi
• Digital Editing: Geranaz Moussavi
• Music: Hossein Ali Zadeh
• Music Recording: Reza Asgar zadeh, Dohol Studio
• Editing: Mostafa khergheh Poosh, Hayedeh Safi Yari
• Assistant Producer: Bahram Sarbazi
• Camera Assistant: Davoud Amiri
• Cinematography Crew: Ali Kani, Ayoub Ahmadi, Toufan Hemmat
• Sound Recorder: Bahman Ardalan
• Mix: Masoud Behnam, Hamid Naghibi
• Mixing Studio: Paris Sanoten Studio
• Sound Studio: Bahman Studio
• Executive Producer: Abbas Ghazali
• Production Manager in Iraq: Sheyk Mohammad Sadegh Sourchi
• Editing Studio: Ourouj Film
• Cast:
• Avaz Latif: Agrin
• Soran Ebrahim: Satteliet
• Saddam Hossein Feysal: Pasheo
• Hiresh Feysal Rahman: Hangao
• Abdol Rahman Karim: Rega
• Ajil Zibari: Shirko
• Awards:
  The Golden Shell (The Top Prize) from the 52nd San Sebastian Film Festival
  The Jury Award for the Best Screenplay from the 52nd San Sebastian Film Festival
  Silver Hugo- Special Jury Prize from the 40th Chicago Film Festival
  The Radio-Canada People’s Choice Award from the 33rd Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal
  Special Audience Award from the 28th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Special Jury Prize from the 5th Tokyo Filmex Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
  Agnès B. Audience Award from the 5th Tokyo Filmex Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
  Special Audience Award from the Asiaticafilmmediale Film Festival, Rome, Italy
  The Best Director of Photography Prize from the International Festival of Auteur Films which, held from 20th to 27th of November in Belgrade
  Mercedes Most Moving Award from the 19th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida, U.S.A
  The Aurora Prize from Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway
  2005 The Best Audience Award from the 34th Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands
  Special Mention from the 28th Kinderfilmfest/14 Plus of the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
  2005 The Peace Film Award from Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
  2005 La Pieze Award from The Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO), Mexico
  2005 The Public Award from The Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO), Mexico
  2005 The Audience Award from the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
  2005 The E-Changer Award from the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland
  The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 23rd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, United States
  The Premio citta’di Milano and a Special Mention at the 15th African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival
  The Audience and Distribution Prize at the 16th NatFilm Festival in Denmark
  The SIGNIS Award of the 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival
  The Best Direction Plaque from the Iranian House of Cinema
  The Top Prize of the International Competition from the 19th Esfahan Children Film Festival
  Selected as the Best Feature Film by the International Children Jury in the 19th Esfahan Children Film Festival
  2005 Golden Dolphin from 21st Festroia Film Festival, Portugal
  2005 FIPRESCI Award at 21st Festroia Film Festival for the Best Film, Portugal
  2005 August, The Most Favorite Film at the Audience Poll, at the 54th Melbourne International Film Festival
  2005 August, Anonimul IFF Trophy for the Best Film at the Anonimul International Film Festival in Romania
  2005 August, Audience Award for the Best Film at the Anonimul International Film Festival in Romania
  2005 August, The best Teen Film Award, TeenArena at Sarajevo Film Festival
  2005 September, The Golden Prometheus Award for the Best Film from the 6th Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia
  2005 September, Special Recondition Award at the Buster, Copenhagen Children Award, Denmark
  2005 October, The Human Rights for Children Prize from 20th Osnabourch Independent Film Festival in Germany,
  2006 March, Freedom of Expression Film Award from 2006 Index on Censorship International Magazine, United Kingdom,
  2006 The Special Jury Award from the 28th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Special Distinction
  2007 January, Award in the International Film Category Granted by the Chilean Art : Critics Association, Chile
  2008 May, The Best Audience Award from Bahrain Human Rights Internation Film Festival,
  2008 May, The Best Director Award from Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival
  2004 Best Director Award from 8th Cinema House Celebration (Khane Cinema), Iran
  2004 Best film of Iran Cinema Association Award from Esfahan Festival,
  Special Jury award of Iran Cinema from Esfahan Festival
• Festival Screenings:
  2004 9th – 18th September, Toronto International Film Festival Canada. Section: World Premier
  2004 16th – 28th September, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain. Section: Competition
  2004 7th – 15th October, Pusan International Film Festival, Korea. Section: A Window On Asian Cinema
  2004 7th – 21st October, Chicago International Film Festival, North America. Section: International Feature Film Competition
  2004 14th October – 21st November, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida. Section: Official Program
  2004 15th – 27th October, Viennale – International Film Festival Vienna, Austria. Section: Viennale Edition
  2004 14th – 24th October, Montréal International Film Festival of Nouveau Cinéma, Canada. Section: Competition
  2004 20th – 24th October, CJ Asian Independent International Film Festival, Korea. Closing Film of the Festival
  2004 22nd October – 4th November, 3rd London Kurdish Film Festival, England
  2004 20th October – 4th November, London International Film Festival, England
  2004 22nd October – 4th November, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil. Section: Competition-New Directors
  2004 11th – 14th November, The 2nd International Disability International Film Festival, Moscow
  2005 19th – 28th November, International Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Section: New Horizons
  2004 20th – 28th November, Tokyo Filmex, Japan, Section: Tokyo Filmex Competition (Best Emerging Filmakers in Asia)
  2004 20th – 27th November, International Film Festival of Auteur Films, Belgrade
  2004 20th – 28th November, Asiatica Filmmediale, Rome, Italy
  2004 20th – 28th November, Issy Les Moulineaux International Film Festival, France
  2004 27th November – 4th December, Camerimage, Polland. Section: Main Competition
  2005 2nd – 7th January, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii
  2005 6th – 17th January, Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA. Section: Competition
  2005 15th January, Kurdish Film Festival in Wien,
  2005 18th – 23rd January, Tromso International Film Festival, Norway Section: Competition Program, also nominated for the Norwegian Peace Film Award
  2005 26th January – 6th February, 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
  2005 28th January – 7th February, Goteborg International Film Festival, Sweden. Nordic Premier
  2005 29th January – 1st February, Spokane International Film Festival, USA. Section: Competition
  2005 4th – 13th February, Miami International Film Festival, USA. Special Presentation, Section: World Cinema
  2005 11th – 27th February, Portland International Film Festival, USA. Section: Best of the Festival Award
  2005 10th – 20th February, The 28th Kinderfilmfest of the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany. Section: The New 14 Plus Competition
  2005 16th – 27th February, The Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO), Section: Competition, Fiction Official Selection UCLA University, One-Month Celebration of Iranian 2005 18th February – 18th March, Cinema, USA. Opening Film
  2005 3rd – 6th March, Sedona International Film Festival, USA. Section: Competition
  2005 6th – 13th March, The 19th Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland. Section: Fiction Competition
  2005 7th – 13th March, Augsburg International Film Festival, Germany
  2005 10th – 20th March, The 23rd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, USA: Section: Competition
  2005 10th – 20th March, Cinema Novo International Film Festival, Belgium. Opening Film
  2005 10th – 20th March, The Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina. Opening film
  2005 11th – 18th March, The Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico
  2005 12th – 20th March, The 5th International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  2005 14th – 20th March,The 15th African, Asian and Latin American International Film Festival, Italy. Section: Competition (Lungometraggi Finestra Sul Mondo)
  2005 18th – 24th March, The Bermuda International Film Festival, USA. Section: Competition
  2005 19th March– 4th April, The 23rd Cinemateca Uruguay International Film Festival
  2005 22nd March – 6th April, Hong Kong International Film Festival
  2005 1st – 10th April, Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris,”, Lithuania
  2005 1st – 17th April, The 16th Nat International Film Festival, Denmark. Section: Main Competition
  2005 28th April – 8th May, The 53rd International Film Festival of Mountains, Explorations and Adventures Città di Trento, Italy
  2005 23rd – 30th May, The Rome International Children Film Festival “Alice in the city”, Rome
  2005 28th May – 5th June, FESTROIA International Film Festival, , Portugal. Section: Official Section (FIAPF) In Competition
  2005 25th June – 9th July, Taiwan International Film Festival
  2005 1st – 9th July, The 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
  Umbria Film Festival, Italy
  2005 August, 54th Melbourne International Film Festival, International Guest Section
  2005 August, Anonimul International Film Festival in Romania, Fiction Competition Section
  2005 August, Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia, TeenArena Competition Section
  2005 September, Beirut International Film Festival (Umam), Lebanon
  2005 September 28th – October 8th, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, Human Rights Section
  2005 September, Buster – Copenhagen International Children Film Festival, Denmark
  2005 October, 6th Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia, World Competition Section
  2005 October, 4th Asian International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, International Section
  2005 October, Films from the South Festival, Oslo, Norway
  2005 October, 20th Osnabourch Independent Film Festival in Germany, Children Films
  2005 November, New East Film Festival, Bonn and Dusseldorf, Germany
  2006 February, 23rd Malmo International Children Film Festival, Sweden
  2006 September, 20th Riga International Film Festival Forum, Arsenal in Latvia
  2006 28th September – 8th October, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland. 3×3 Section, Spotlight on Bahman Ghobadi
  2006 September – October, Zamahwand (Kurdish Film Festival in Partnership with BAFTA) in Manchester, England
  2006 October, Montreal Cinemateque: in Retrospection, Canada
  2006 2nd – 30th November, Cineuropa Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  2006 November 27th – December 3rd, 4th London Kurdish Film Festival, England
  2006 December 9th, Berlin Kurdish Film Festival, Germany
  2007 February, The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas
  2007 6 March, Austin Film Society, Austin, Texas, U.S.A, (Middle Eastern Films Series)
  2007 24th – 30th October, 1st Kurdish Film Festival of Paris, France
  2008 30th April – 4th May, 1st Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival
  2008 21-27 June,54th Flaherty International Film Seminar, NY
  2008 27-7 July, Musuem of Modern Art (Moma), NY
  2008 17-26 September, Pyongyang International Film Festival, South Korea
  2008 9-12 October, Etnia Film Festival, Turku, Finland
  2009 11 January- February 22, Iranian Film Festival in Louisville, USA
  2009 21 – 29 March, Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa
  2010 10-24 March, Iranian Film Festival in Laval-Mayenne, France
  2012 6-20 February, Edinburgh Kurdish Film Festival, Scotland

2002 The Songs of my Mothers Land (Marooned in Iraq)

• In Iran and Iraq’s postwar years, when Iraq bombs hits Kurdish, an old Iranian Kurdistan singer, accompanied by his musician sons, start searching for his ex-wife Hanareh. Hanareh, a women singer, has gone to Kurdistan in Iraq. The film is the story of the band’s journey, joined with their music. It is the story of a nation that has always been wandering. Being so used to war, they take it as a game and with their music they celebrate life.
• Production: Mijfilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Written and directed by: Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 108 minutes
• Year: 2002
• Word Sale: MijFilm Co.
• Screenplay Assistant: Fariborz Kamkari
• Directors of Photography: Saeed Nikzat, Shahriar Asadi
• Editor: Hayedeh Safi-Yari
• Music: Arsalan Komkar
• Sound: Hasan Zahedi, Mahmoud Moussavi-Nejad
• Sound Mix: Mohammad Haghighi
• Assistant Director: Hossein Ghana’at
• Production Manager: Mohamad Reza Najafi
• Special Effects: Javad Sharifi
• Script Supervisor: Raheleh Parvin-Nia
• Still Photographers: Bahman Ghobadi, Abedin Ali-Veissey
• Cast:
• Shahab Ebrahimi: Mirza
• Faegh Mohammadi: Barat
• Allah-Morad Rashtian: Audeh
• Rojan Hosseini: Rojan
• Iran Ghobadi: Hanareh
• Saeed Mohammadi: The Teacher
• Fathollah Sa’edi
• Shilan Rahmani
• Bahram Sarbazi
• Mariam Pouyani
• Hossein Rashid-Ghamat
• Awards:
  2002 Winner: The Francois – Chalais Prize, Cannes Film Festival
  2002 Winner: Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
  2002 Winner: Best Feature Film Award, Cervinio Film Festival, Italy
  2002 Winner: Best Feature Film, 26th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Mostra), Brazil
  2002 Winner: SIGNIS Award for Best Film at the IV DeHumalc Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires
  2002 Nominated for the Best Film at Gijon International Film Festival, Spain
  2003 Nominated for the Golden Tulip at Istanbul International Film Festival,
• Screenings:
  2002 Cannes Film Festival, France, World Premiere.
  2002 4th – 18th October, Chicago International Film Festival, In Competition
  2002 9th – 13th October, En route Vers le Monde, Nantes, France. In Competition
  2002 18th – 31st October, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil. In Competition
  2002 25th – 31st October, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida. In Competition
  2002 26th October – 4th November, Tokyo International Film Festival. In Competition
  2002 29th October – 3rd November, Banff Mountain International Film Festival. In Competition
  2002 6th – 21st November, Regus London International Film Festival
  2002 14th – 23rd November, Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea
  2002 15th – 28th November, Kurdish London Film Festival.
  2002 21st – 29th November, Gijon International Film Festival. In Competition
  2002 23rd – 30th November, Festival of Auteur Film, View into the World Section, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  2003 14th – 19th January, Tromso International Film Festival. In Competition
  2003 4th – 11th February, Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. In Competition
  2003 14th – 20th February, Films from the South Festival, Oslo. In Competition
  2003 28th February – 7th March, Adelaide International Film Festival, Australia
  2003 12th – 20th March, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London,
  2003 13th – 23rd March, Cinema NOVO International Film Festival in Belgium,
  2003 15th – 29th March, WOW! Wales One World FF in Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Newport; Swansea, England
  2003 28th March – 6th April, Nat International Film Festival, Denmar
  2003 3rd – 17th April, Phiafilm, the Philadelphia International Film Festival, U.S.A
  2003 10th – 13th April, Taos Talking Picture International Film Festival.
  2003 12th – 27th April, Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey. In Competition
  2003 1st – 12th May, Kurdish Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany
  2003 24th May – 2nd June, Culture and Art International Film Festival of Diyarbakir, Turkey
  2003 6th – 20th June, Sydney International Film Festival, Australia
  2003 11th July – 27th July, Auckland International Film Festival, New Zealand
  2003 18th July – 2nd August, Wellington International Film Festival, New Zealand
  2003 23rd July – 10th August, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
  2004 1st – 9th May, Trento International Film Festival, Italy. In Competition
  2004 September 4th, Stockholm Park Cinema, Sweden
  2004 September 5th, Forening YARI International Film Festival, Uppsala Sweden
  2004 21st – 24th October, Asia International Film Festival, Turku, Finland
  2004 22nd December, Cinemazero, Pordenone, Italy
  2005 January 15th, Kurdish Film Festival in Wien, Austria
  2006 March, Screened at the Iranian Film Week in Tunisia
  2006 October, Montreal Cinemateque, Canada. In Retrospection
  2006 14th November – 13th December, New Crowned Hope Festival, Vienna, Austria
  2008 21-27 June, 54th Flaherty International Film Seminar, NY
  2008 27-7 July, Musuem of Modern Art (Moma), NY
  2008 30th of October – 15th of November, Sarlat film festival,
  2008 14th – 20th February, Oslo Film Festival from South Festival

2000 A Time for Drunken Horses

• Ayoub is a young boy living in a village near the border of Iraq in Kurdistan province. He works in the bazaar along with his little sister. When his father dies, he is obliged to protect his three sisters and sick brother, Madi. Madi needs surgery, without which, he is expected to live a maximum of seven to eight months. Ayoub tries to smuggle merchandise by mule into Iraq in an attempt to raise money for Madi’s operation. The owner of the mules refuses to pay Ayoub and his group after the job. Ayoub again looks for a job to pay for his brother’s operation. He gets a second chance to smuggle goods using the mule his uncle lends him after breaking his arm. Rojin, Ayoub’s sister, marries a suitor living in a village on the border of Iraq on the condition that he smuggles Madi into Iraq for his operation. Despite Ayoub’s objections the wedding takes place and they all move to the border village, including Madi. The groom’s mother prevents Madi from going with them and gives Ayoub a mule as a conciliatory gift. Ayoub and Madi along with the acquired mule return to their native village and sell it to get money for Madi’s operation.
• Production: Mijfilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi.
• Written and directed by: Bahman Ghobadi.
• Duration: 75 minutes
• Year: 2000
• World Sales: MK2 Company, France (www.MK2.Com).
• Cinematographer: Saed Nikzat.
• Editor: Samad Tavazoei.
• Original Music: Hossein Alizadeh.
• Production Manager: Behrouz Ghobadi.
• Sound: Morteza Dehnavi, Mehdi Darabi.
• Sound Mixer: Jahangir Mirshekari.
• Assistant Director: Alireza Amiri.
• Production Crew: Batin Ghobadi, Kaveh Moinfar.
• Assistant Cinematographer: Saeed Khademi.
• Cinematography Crew: Daryoush Taheri Masoud Salami Babak Amini.
• Sound Assistant: Shahab Seyfouri.
• Editing Assistant: Hassan Rashidghamat.
• Photography: Jafar Baratimehr, Khosro Jalali.
• Cast: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Ekhtiardini, Ameneh Ekhtiardini, Kolsoum Ekhtiardini, Karim Ekhtiardini, Rahman Salehi, Osman Karimi
• Awards:
  2000 Winner of Golden Camera (Camera D’or) as Best Film at Cannes Film Festival, France
  2000 Society of International Critics FIPRESCI Award at Cannes Film Festival, France
  2000 3-Winner Of C.I.C.A.E at Cannes Film Festival, France, (La Confederation, International Des Cinemas Dart Et D’essai)
  2000 Winner of Silver Hugo, Special Jury Prize at Chicago International Film Festival, U.S.A
  2000 Winner of Best Feature at Santa Fe Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale, U.S.A
  2000 Winner of International Grand Jury Award from Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
  2000 Winner of Special Jury Award from Gijon International Film Festival and Nominated for Grand Prix at Gijon International Film Festival, Spain
  2000 Winner of Best Feature at Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland
  2000 Winner of Best Feature from Children Film Festival, Esfahan, Iran
  2000 Winner of Best Feature at Banff International Film Festival, Canada
  2000 Winner of Best feature at Cervino Film Festival, Italy
  2000 Winner of D’Otran, France
  2015 The Wales One World Britain Film Festival
  2000 Toronto International Film Festival
  2000 Locarno International Film Festival
  2000 Chicago International Film Festival
  2000 Cannes International Film Festival
  WOW! International Film Festival
  2001 Banff Mountain International Film Festival
  2001 NZ International Film Festival
  2001 The 48th Sydney International Film Festival
  2001 Muslim International Film Festival
  2001 The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
  2001 Nashville Shakespeare International Film Festival
  2001 Tampa International Film Festival
  2001 Paul International Film Festival, April
  2001 12th Philadelphia International Film Festival
  2001 Melbourne International Film Festival
  2001 Fukuoka International Film Festival
  1st Kurdish Film Festival
  2003 Adelaide International Film Festival
  15th annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
  2002 Tribeca International Film Festival
  Kurdish Human Rights Conference and Film Festival
  2002 Woodstock International Film Festival
  2001 Austin International Film Festival
  2002 Fall Festival Frenzy
  2001 Montreal Wold International Film Festival
  2002 Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival
  2002 JIFF International Film Festival
  2002 Sarajevo International Film Festival
  2003 SEATTLE International Film Festival
  2003 Dubrovnic International Film Festival
  2002 Flickerings International Film Festival
  2001 Diego International Film Festival
  2002 Cervino International Film Festival
  2003 Bradford International Film Festival
  2003 Tromadance International Film Festival
  2001 24th Kinder International Film Festival, Berlin
  2002 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
  2001 MEDI International Film Festival
  2003 Lupercian International Film Festival
  2005 The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
  2006 Reykjavik International Film FestivaL, Iceland. In 3×3: Spotlight on Bahman Ghobadi
  2007 October, Montreal Cinemateque, Canada, . In Retrospection
  2007 19th – 29th April, 15th Open Doek Film Festival, Belgium
  2008 21-27 June, 54th Flaherty International Film Seminar, NY
  2008 27-7 July, Musuem of Modern Art (Moma), NY
  2008 17-26 September, Pyongyang International Film Festival, South Korea

Short films:

2003 War is Over?

• A few weeks after the fall of Saddam, Bahman Ghobadi sets off on a journey to Iraq by the excuse of screening his second film “Marooned in Iraq.” He wants to find an answer for all the questions that he has about this land and its people. This documentary narrates the circumstances that people of Iraq are living under after the fall of Saddam.
• Production: Mij Film
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 57 minutes
• Type: Documentary
• Writer: Behnam Behzadi
• Design, sound and picture editing: Behnam Behzadi
• Photography: Hamid Ghavami, Bahman Ghobadi
• Sound recording: Rahmat Moadi
• Music: A selection of Hossein Alizadeh and Arsalan Kamkar’s work
• Narration: Naeem Karimi
• Technical Affairs: Rasaneye Pooya
• Festival Screenings: Dornandez International Film Festival France, 2003
  The 26th Leipzig International Film Festival, Germany, 2003
  Singapore International Film Festival, 2004
  Tribeca International Film Festival, America, 2004
  The 5th Iranian Student’s Association Union, New York, 2004
  The 53rd Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2004
  Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2004
  The 3rd Kurdish Film Festival, London, 2004
  The 20th International Documentary Film Festival Munich, Germany, 6th – 14th May, 2005. Section: In Competition of the Horizonte Programme
  Cinema digital Seoul, Film Festival, South Korea, July, 2007
  54th Flaherty International Film Seminar 21-27 June, 2008, NY
  Musuem of Modern Art (Moma) 27-7 July, 2008, NY

2003 Daf (Tambourine)

• Kurdistan – in a village near the Iraqi border.Faegh, his three wifes and 11 children are making a most famous Iranian instruments (daf). This, made of sheep’s skin, music tool has special connotation among Kurds.This film is a pattern of musical lifestyle of one „out of the ordinary” family whose survival depends on music.
• Production: Mijfilm
• Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
• Written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi
• Duration: 30 minutes
• Type: Documentary
• Programmer and first assistant to director: Bijan Zamanpira
• Second assistant to director: Hamid Ghavami
• Third assistant to director: Nahid Ghobadi
• Executive manager: Behrouz Ghobadi
• Director of Photography: Shahryar Asadi
• Sound: Hossein Mahdavi
• Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
• Production crew: Abedin Aliveisi, Motasam Naghshbandi, Omid Rastbin
• Daf (Tambourine) players directed by Seyed Bahaedin Hosseini
• Delivery: Khaled Rajabi
• With thanks to: Feiz-abad carpentry, Seyed Ahmad Rahiminia, Seyed Anvar Hosseini, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Sanandaj Blinds association, Nasrollah Ebrahimi, Hooshang Shariati, Afshin Zandkarimi, Arreared (Exeptional) Children Education Office, People of Sou Village
• Cast: Hamed Mohamadi, Monire Zamani, Elham Bahmani, Saman Bahmani, Maryam Abasi, Faegh Mohamadi, Ayeshe Azarneitoor, Fathollah Saedi, Allah-morad Rashtiani, Dervish Crew, Karim Zandian, Yadollah Maleki
• Awards: Best Short Documentary Award from Docusur International Film Festival, October 2006, Spain
  Best short Film Award from 4th All Roads Film Festival National Geographic, Washington Dc, October & November 2007, USA
  Audience Appreciation Award from 4th All All Roads Film Festival National Geographic, Santa Fe, November & December 2007,New Mexico
• Festivals Screenings: Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea
  The 3rd Kurdish Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, 2004
  The 3rd Kurdish Film Festival in London, UK, 2004
  The 19th Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 6th to 13th March, 2005. Section: Documentary
  The 20th International Documentary Film Festival, Munich, Germany, 6th – 14th May, 2005. Section: In competition of the Horizonte Programme
  The 43rd Viennale- Vienna International Film Festival, 14th – 26th October
  The 15th World Cinema Days at the Cinema Raetia in Thusis, Switzerland, 23rd -28th October
  The 59th Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland. Retrospective of Bahman Ghobadi
  International Film Festival Docusur, Spain, 22nd – 29th October, 2006
  Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 28th October, 2006
  Blackmovie International Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, 2nd – 11th February, 2007. Digital Shorts Section
  4th Annual National Geographic All Roads Film festival, Washington, U.S.A, 4th – 7th October, 2007
  4th Annual National Geographic All Roads Film festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November & December, 2007