Frontier Blues by 2005 graduate Babak Jalali and Alamar by 2003 graduate Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio will have their UK premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival (June 16 - 27).
ALAMAR (TO THE SEA)
Pedro González-Rubio / Mexico / 2009 / 73 mins
Jorge Machado, Natan Machado Palombini, Nestor Marín
Nature and nurture go hand-in-hand, in this tender story of father, son - and fishing
A gently-told blend of documentary and fiction, this highly acclaimed and already multi-award-winning work follows the last summer little Natan will spend with his father in Mexico before a move to Rome. Off the coral reef of Banco Chinchorro, the boy learns about the land and water around him, guided by his father and grandfather. This is poetic filmmaking that foregrounds the peace and beauty of a fragile environment.
17 June, 20:15 at Cineworld 10
20 June, 13:15 at Cineworld 6
FRONTIER BLUES
Babak Jalali / Iran, UK, Italy / 2009 / 95 mins
Abolfazl Karimi, Mahmoud Kalteh, Khajeh Araz Dordi, Behzad Shahrivari, Karima Adebibe, George Hashemzadeh, Hossein Shams
A melancholy, beautifully photographed comedy of lives lived on the borders.
Developed during his Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation residency, Babak Jalali’s droll and empathetic first feature follows a quartet of characters who live in the frontier territories of his own homeland, northern Iran. With its absurdist humour, its resonant images of urban and desert existence and its gentle insight into its characters’ idiosyncrasies, Frontier Blues marks a confident launch for an auspicious feature film career.
21 June, 19:15 at Cineworld 6
22 June, 13:55 at Cineworld 6