Radio Dreams
(رویاهای رادیویی)
Comedy, Color, 91 min, 2016, US
Director: Babak Jalali
Producer: Marjaneh Moghimi
Writer: Babak Jalali, Aida Ahadiany
Cast: Mohsen Namjoo, Kabul Dreams, Lars Ulrich, Mohammad Talani, Boshra Dastournezhad, Bella Warda, Keyumars Hakim, Babak Mortazavi,Mahmood Schricker, Ali Tahbaz, Larry Laverty, Mansour Taeed, Laila Shahrestani, Casimir Carothers, Litz Plummer
– Synopsis:
Hamid Royani is the station manager at Pars Radio, the Bay Area’s premiere Persian language radio station. As everyone at Pars looks forward to a continuously delayed jam session by Afghan rock band Kabul Dreams with metal legends Metallica, Royani despairs. As a respected man of the arts in his homeland, he must struggle against the commercial demands of the station’s owners; erudite and eloquent in his own tongue, he must face the ups and downs of everyday life in a land where he can hardly speak the language.
– AWARDS:
ROTTERDAM IFFR, HIVOS TIGER AWARD, NETHERLANDS 2016
DURBAN IFF, BEST ACTOR AWARD MOHSEN NAMJOO, SOUTH AFRICA 2016
ANDREI TARKOVSKY IFF BEST DIRECTOR BABAK JALALI, RUSSIA, 2016
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, SEATTLE IFF, USA 2016