Radio Dreams

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Radio Dreams

Radio Dreams promotional poster
رویاهای رادیویی
Directed by Babak Jalali[1]
Produced by Marjaneh Moghimi[1]
Written by Babak Jalali, Aida Ahadiany[1]
Cinematography Noaz Deshe[1]
Production
company
Butimar[1]
Distributed by Reel Suspects[1]
Release dates
  • February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) (Rotterdam)
Running time
 91 minutes
Country United States-Iran
Language Persian
Budget US$ 300,000[2]

Radio Dreams is a 2016 United States-Iranian film by Iranian born film maker Babak Jalali.[3] Inspired by a group of real life Iranian Metallica fans, calling themselves the Persian Magnetic,[3] and the realities of expatriate life of the Iranian diaspora in the United States, Radio Dreams won the 2016 Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam,[3] and Jalali[2] won the Best Director Award at Tarkovsky Fest in Russia.

Plot

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 trivials of everyday life in a land where he can hardly speak the language.

Cast

Production

Marjaneh Moghimi, a producer of community documentaries, was looking to produce her first fictional feature and approached Babak Jalali to helm it.[2] A personal friend of Mohsen Namjoo, Moghimi introduced him to Jalali;[2] at the same time Kabul Dreams had just decided to relocate to the United States, and around these cast members the story was written. With a minimal budget of US$300,000, a virtue was made of necessity and the story that developed staged the action within the span of a day within the confines of a radio station.[2] This setting in turn was to play a part in the lighting and camera setups used by cinematographer Noaz Deshe.[1] The design of the film poster was made by Alexis Ink, an illustrator hired by design agency ceft and company new york.[4] Art Direction completed by Christian Hamrick.

Reception

Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "Presenting a nuanced, intelligent and consistently droll take on hot-button subjects of immigration, identity and cultural assimilation..." and that it "stand[s] comparison with the finest radio-themed enterprises of the current century..."[1]

Writing in Variety, critic Catherine Bray called the film a "quietly satisfying gem..." and a "deserving Tiger competition winner at Rotterdam..."[5]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Award Radio Dreams Won[3][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Young, Niel (3 February 2016). "'Radio Dreams': Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Goodfellow, Melanie (31 January 2016). "Tiger directors: Babak Jalali, 'Radio Dreams'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Griffiths, Michael (4 March 2016). "Metallica and their secret 'Persian Magnetic' fans ignoring the ban on metal music in Iran". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "collateral: radio dreams film poster design for butimar productions | ceft and company new york". www.ceftandcompany.com. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  5. 1 2 Bray, Catherine (10 February 2016). "Film Review: 'Radio Dreams'". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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