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Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran
Iran/UK, 18'30min, 2005

Director: Babak Jalali

Cinematographer: Amir Karimi
Editor: Bahram Dehghani
Cast: Heydar Zamani

Synopsis: Heydar is a young Afgan domestic worker who lives in Tehran, Iran. He has heard that there are now many Westerners in Afghanistan and as such he has begun to teach himself English with the aid of language tapes in order to return to Afghanistan and become an English translator.

Babak Jalali

Babak Jalali was born in Gorgan, Iran in September 1978. He has lived in London since 1986. He has a degree in East European studies and a degree in Politics, both from the University of London. He is a recent graduate of the London Film School. His interests lie in documentary and fiction filmmaking.

Filmography

A Trip To The Coast 16mm 4 minutes 2002
Nadja 16mm 4 minutes 2003
The Guv’nor 16mm/ Dv 20 minutes 2003
Boxes 35mm 12 minutes 2004
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran 35mm 19 minutes 2005

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