Born in 1958, Mohammad Ali Talebi ( محمدعلی طالبی ) graduated in cinema and TV from the College of Dramatic Arts. After graduation, he began collaborating with I.R.I.B. television where he made many educational programs for children and young adults. His directorial debut was a box-office hit, CITY OF THE MICE, co-directed with Marziyeh Boroumand. Mohammad Ali Talebi’s international breakthrough came with THE BOOT, winner of Golden Gate Award at the 37th San Francisco Film Festival in 1994. His
...TICK TACK won special jury prize in Chicago Children’s Film Festival. Then he entered a co-production with the Japanese company, Digital Media Lab and made BAG OF RICE. His next film, THE WILLOW AND THE WIND, was a coproduction with NHK (Japan). Until 2011, his films were screened and awarded in different film festivals including Rennes, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Bangkok, Olympia, Zlin, Mar del Plata, Munich, etc. His WIND AND FOG was an award-winning entry in Berlinale’s Generation section and was released in Germany in 2011. In 2014, BFI chose three of Mohammad Ali Talebi’s films as a part of the touringfilm season of CINEMA OF CHILDHOOD.Mohammad Ali Talebi has been a Director in some movies:
The Wall is about that For the young and fearless Setareh, there are no walls or boundaries she cannot overcome. Determined to provide for her family, Setareh takes a job as a bike rider in a theme park, following the tracks of her late father. When she becomes the first female to ride around 'The Wall', a wooden cylinder-shaped structure, the authorities intervene to prevent her from taking her rightful place on the wall of fame. With the successful show on the verge of being canceled, Setareh struggles for her voice to be heard. An adventurous philosophical debate into gender equality. In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Azita Hajian, Golshifteh Farahani, Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrdad Sedighian, Shirin Bina, Manoochehr Azari, Mohammad Abhari, Haroun Yashayaei, Ebrahim Abadi, Bahman Ardalan, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Hossein Jafarian, Abdollah Eskandari, Hassan Hassandoust, Amir Hossein Ghasemii, Farahnaz Manafi Zaher, Masoumeh Mirhosseini, Abbas Jamshidi Far, Mitra Mahaseni, Koroush Sotoudeh, Mohammad Reza Ghias Abadi, Saeed Ahangarani, Behrooz Piroozian, Ebrahim Shojaee, Hossein Khani, Mohammad Ali Dashti.
Bag of Rice is about that An old lady and a five-year old kid are seeking their own wishes when they meet each other. They get lost in the crowded neighborhoods of Tehran. The people in the city try to help them but it is not obvious they will succeed to get rid of the situation. In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Shirin Bina, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Farhad Saba, Hassan Hassandoust, Houshang Moradi Kermani, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Jairan Abadzade, Hossein Kalantar, Masoomeh Eskandari.
The Boot is about that The mischievous Samaneh is desperate for a new pair of red boots, and cajoles her mother into buying them for her. However, disaster strikes when she loses one of the boots when riding the bus. What ensues is a quest across Tehran as Samaneh and her mother try to find it. Mohammad Ali Talebi directs this simplistic, fable-like story, and his extensive experience of working with children shines through. An elegant tale of life’s losses and triumphs, 'The Boot' introduces a vivid world seen through the eyes of a child. In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Raya Nasiri, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Farhad Saba, Hassan Hassandoust, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Rubik Mansouri, Samaneh Jafar Jalali, Ali Atashkar, Shaghayegh Eslami, Zahra Hadipour, Abbas Kazaei, Mehdi Amani, Bijan Moradi Kermani, Mohsen Fakhari, Hossein Hosseini.
A Cold Day is about that The heater in a classroom in a primary school in the north of Iran catches fire and the teacher risks his life to save students. He sends them out of the classroom in time, but he is severely burnt before he can leave the classroom and is taken to the hospital. The head teacher is forced to bring in another teacher for the students, but... In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Mohammad Ali Farmand, Mahmood Moosavinejad, Alireza Khorshid, Behzad Rafiei, Majid Potki, Hashem Moradi, Javad Gholizadeh, Masoumeh Mirhosseini, Effat Jamalipour, Arash Talebi, Nasrin Babaei, Morteza Pourheidari, Siavash Talebi, Hadis Ansari, Abolfazl Yousefpour, Manijeh hosseinzadeh, Sharif Safarzadeh, Mehdi Akbarian.
Willow and Wind is about that A young school boy was ordered to walk a long way to purchase a piece of window glass larger than he could carry back to his school. The weather was bitter and the wind so strong that he almost failed on the road. He tried hard and finally moved the load back to the classroom where he was supposed to fix up a broken window. He was all alone and no one to turn for help. The glass blew crushed in pieces by the wind. In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Farhad Saba, Abbas Kiarostami, Mehrdad Jenabi, Ahmad Salehi, Mohammad Mehdi Dadgo, Sohrab Mir Sepasi, Makoto Ueda, Hadi Alipour, Amir Janfada, Majid Alipour, Mohammad Sharif Ebrahimi.
The End of Dreams is about that It tells the story of a little boy who lives with his family in a small village in the north of Iran. A horse comes to their home and he falls in love with it. However, due to a mistake he commits he faces some difficulties. At first he hides it from his family and his difficulties keep adding up… In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Mohammad Reza Delpak, Hassan Hassandoust, Ali Mohammad Ghassemi, Alireza Khorshid, Majid Potki, Hossein Bashash, Amir Rezaei, Nasrin Babaei, Habib Majidi, Institute of Children and Young Adults -, Mohammad Hassan Rostamani, Siavash Talebi, Alireza Talebi.
Mohammad Ali Talebi has been a Writer in some movies:
Token is about that Ali is a 14 year-old teenager who lives in an orphanage in Tehran. He finds out that his father is alive but years ago, has accidentally killed his uncle within a struggle. and is now imprisoned after his other uncle's (Reza) prosecution. Ali's interventions result in his father's freedom. He still doesn't get a share of his father's love and attention, because his father has a new family now and none of them are aware of Ali's existence. He once heard from the father that his uncle Reza works on a bus that belongs to him too., so Ali goes after getting what is his. At first, uncle Reza doesn't take him seriously, but Ali doesn't give up and finally gets his right. In this film Mohammad Ali Talebi collaborates with Reza Attaran, Jahangir Mirshekari, Nader Masoumi, Mehdi Hosseinivand, Saeed Shahram, Fereydoun Hassanpour, Mohammad Mehdi Dadgo, Mohammad Reza Ghomi, Ali Morabi, Payam Hossein Souri, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Marzieh Bordbar, Saeed Honarvar, Mohammadali Haghani.
Other films are:
You Are Free, Tick Tack, Promise, Wilderness, Wind and Fog, The Finish Line, The Redness of an Unripe Apple, My House, Full Moon
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