Abolfazl Jalili (born in 1957) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, writer, producer, editor and cinematographer. He belongs to the so-called Iranian New Wave movement. Jalili studied directing at the Iranian College of Dramatic Arts, then worked for national television (IRIB), where he produced several children's films. Jalili's 'Det' Means Girl (1994) won prizes in Venice film festival and Nantes. Jalili received the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice Film Festival in 19
...95. The film Dance of Dust won the Silver Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 1998. He was one of Rotterdam's Filmmakers in Focus in 1999. Jalili is also known for Joghd (1975, short), Pesarak-e Rouznameh-Foroush (1976), Khaneh (1979, short), Ba Bachehay-e Zelzeleh-Zadeh Golbagh-e Kerman (1980, short), Mohajerin-e Jangi (1981, doc), Dakeh-Daran-e Tehran (1981, doc), Movazeb Bash! (1982), Nativity (1983), Spring (1985), Scabies (1987), Dorna (1990), A True Story (1996), Daan (1998),Tales of Kish (1999), Delbaran (2001), The First Letter (2003), Full or Empty (2005), Hafez (2007), Darvag (2012).
Abolfazl Jalili (ابوالفضل جلیلی) has been a Director in some movies:
Abolfazl Jalili (ابوالفضل جلیلی) has been a Writer in some movies:
Don is about that Don is the story of a young boy desperate to find work to help support his family and heroin addicted parents. Moving from employer to employer, Don, aged only 9 and illiterate, faces an almost impossible task without an identity card. Part of the Iranian New Wave, Abolfazl Jalili's use of non-actors gives the film the feeling of a documentary, as performers recreate lives so close to their own. From Don's point of view, the world is a tough place, but his determination to make the most of his situation is heartwarming. In this film Abolfazl Jalili (ابوالفضل جلیلی) collaborates with Farhad Bahremand (فرهاد بهره مند), Farzane Halili (فرزانه هلیلی), Tayebeh Soori (طیبه سوری), Farzad Jodat (فرزاد جودت)
Abolfazl Jalili (ابوالفضل جلیلی) has been a Editor in some movies:
Scabies is about that Abolfazl Jalili's docudrama La Gale (Scabies) is about the painful lives of young offenders who are serving time in the reformatories of post-revolution Iran. Young Hamed, arrested for handing out political tracts banned by the Islamic Republic, finds himself in a place of great suffering, in which illiterate and penniless orphans wash floors and sell their own blood. When a disease breaks out in the prison, his life within this harsh environment becomes progressively worse, a near-daily fight for survival. The film is a searing indictment against a government that failed to deliver the on the promises with which it came to power: to deliver social justice to the oppressed and downtrodden. Initially released in the mid 1980s, at a time when Iran was at war with neighbouring Iraq, the film was an unwelcome edition to the Fajr Film Festival, as its theme of prison life was deemed critical of the Islamic Republic. In a re-edited version, the film was released in 1989 to critical acclaim. Twenty-five years on, the film still has an immense power and now finds its rightful place online on IMVBox. In this film Abolfazl Jalili (ابوالفضل جلیلی) collaborates with Hossein Panahi (حسین پناهی دژکوه), Fatemeh Naghavi (فاطمه نقوی), Ataollah Hayati (عطاءالله حیاتی), Ahmad Doost (احمد دوست), Gholam Reza Khozui (غلام رضا خضوئی), Rahman Moghaddam (رحمان مقدم), Hooshang Beheshti (هوشنگ بهشتی), Mohsen Panahi (محسن پناهی), Hossein Maloumi (حسین معلومی), Mehdi Asadi (مهدی اسدی), Fereydoun Borhani (فریدون برهانی), Reza Rami (رضا رامی)
