Radio Dreams

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Radio Dreams
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رویاهای رادیویی
Directed by Babak Jalali [1]
Written byBabak Jalali, Aida Ahadiany [1]
Produced byMarjaneh Moghimi [1]
Cinematography Noaz Deshe [1]
Production
company
Butimar [1]
Distributed byReel Suspects [1]
Release date
  • February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)(Rotterdam)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Iran
LanguagesEnglish, Persian
BudgetUS$ 300,000 [2]

Radio Dreams is a 2016 American film by Iranian-born film director 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. [4]

Contents

The film Radio Dreams won the 2016 Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, [3] and Jalali [2] won the Best Director Award at Andrey Tarkovsky Film Festival in Russia. In 2016 the film was shown at the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival in the "Discoveries" section. [5]

Plot

Hamid Royani is the station manager at Pars-FM Radio, the Bay Area's premiere Persian language radio station. [4] As everyone at Pars-FM 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.

Cast

Production

Marjaneh Moghimi  [ Wikidata ], 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 design agency, Ceft and Company New York. [10]

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..." [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRecipientNotes
2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger AwardWonRadio Dreams [3] [11] [6]
2016 Seattle International Film Festival Special Jury MentionWonRadio Dreams [12]
2016 Durban International Film Festival Best Actor: Mohsen NamjooWonRadio Dreams [13] [9]
2016 Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival Best DirectorWonRadio Dreams [13]
2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam Best FilmWonRadio Dreams [13]

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  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. 1 2 3 4 Kenny, Glenn (2017-06-01). "Review: 'Radio Dreams' Builds a Spiritual Home for Stateless Souls". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  5. ↑ Radio Dreams at the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival.
  6. 1 2 3 "مهاجرت، محسن نامجو و متالیکا؛ گفت‌و‌گو با کارگردان 'رویاهای رادیویی'". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). February 6, 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ↑ "Radio Dreams will make you tune in". NOW Magazine. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. ↑ Allen, Nick (June 2, 2017). "Radio Dreams movie review & film summary (2017)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  9. 1 2 "Afghan Rockers Meet Metallica In Award-Winning Iranian Movie". Kayhan Life. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  10. ↑ "collateral: radio dreams film poster design for butimar productions | ceft and company new york". www.ceftandcompany.com. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  11. 1 2 Bray, Catherine (10 February 2016). "Film Review: 'Radio Dreams'". Variety . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Huey, Sara. "Captain Fantastic, Gleason, Girl Asleep Win Top Awards at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival". Siff.net. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. 1 2 3 "Radio Dreams: A Tower Theater Exclusive". Miami Art Guide. 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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