Willow & Wind
Original Title: Bid-o Baad
Cast & Crew:
Director: Mohammad Ali Talebi
Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami
Director of photography: Farhad Saba
Editor: Sohrab Mirsepassi
Music: Mehrdad Jenabi
Cast: Hadi Alipour, Amir Janfada
Production: IRIB MEDIA TRADE & Japan’s NHK
Ececutive Producers: M. Mehdi Dadgou, Makoto Ueda
77 mins, 1999, 35mm
DIRECTOR’S VIEW:
“Willow & Wind” has a simple and personal story. I tried to create images rather than to develop a story in this film. It’s like an abstract painting. I am of the view that cinema should somehow be linked with nature from which human beings have been distanced.
BIO-FILMOGRAPHY:
Mohammad Ali Talebi was born in 1958 in Tehran. He cooperated with television in making short films and documentaries. He is a graduate of Film & TV Directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
- City of the Mice 1984
- The Finish Line 1985
- The Wilderness 1986
- The Boot 1992
- Tick Tock 1994
- Sack of Rice 1998
- Willow & Wind 1999
- You Are Free 2001
- The Redness of Unripe Apple 2006
FESTIVAL:
Laon Int’l Film Festival 2000, competition section, France
Singapore Int’l Film Festival 2000, competition section, Singapore
Hong Kong Int’l Film Festival 2000, Hong Kong
Int’l Children Film Festival Zlin 2000, Czech Republic (winner of the Don Quijoteu award)
Wine Country Film Festival 2000, USA
World Film Festival 2000, Montreal, Canada
Lucas Int’l Film Festival 2000, Germany
Bangkok Film Festival 2000, Thailand (winner of the first prize)
Vancouver Film Festival 2000, Canada
Museum of Fine Arts 2001, Boston, USA
Museum of Fine Arts 2001, Huston, USA
Pacific Film Archive 2001, USA
Arab & Iranian Film Festival 2001, NY, USA
World Cinema Film Festival 2001, Philadelphia, USA
Children Film Festival 2001, Flicks, Canada
Shanghai Int’l Film Festival, 2001, China
Int’l Film Festival for Children 2001, Mardel Plata, Argentina
Golden Elephant Children Film Festival 2001, India
Mumbai Int’l Film Festival 2001, India
Olympia Intl Film Festival 2001, Greece
Artek Film Festival 2002, Ukraine
Munchen Film Festival 2003, Germany