Bahman Ghobadi

I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not al ...

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little ...

I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short ...

For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling yo ...

I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Mus ...

Lying and corruption are in the Iranian society in all sense of the world, and if you do research ab ...

When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team ...

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a p ...

I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmma ...

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.

I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was give ...

I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's wh ...

I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it th ...

In Kurdistan, theres a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. An ...

Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as ...