Athens International Film Festival
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FREMONT


USA | 2023 | B&W | DCP | 91’ | ENGLISH, DARI, CANTONESE

Donya is a young woman, of Afghan origin, who lives in the lethargic Fremont, California and makes her living by writing fortune cookies. Her attempts to put her life in order prove fruitless; she is tormented by sleepless nights and guilt towards her family. Up until she decides to author her own, unorthodox, fortune cookie, in search of the ideal romantic recipient. Imbued in melancholic b/w cinematography, with its Jarmusch-like existentialism, its enjoyable multicultural references and the moments of eccentric humor, Jalali’s movie brings back good old authentic memories of American independent cinema and it justly won him Best Director award at the Karlovy-Vary film festival. Th.P.

DIRECTOR: Babak Jalali
SCREENWRITERS: Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli
DoP: Laura Valladao
MUSIC: Mahmood Schricker
EDITOR: Babak Jalali
PRINCIPAL CAST: Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White

BABAK JALALI
Born in Northern Iran. His graduation short film received a BAFTA nomination. His debut feature film was developed at the Cannes film festival Cinefondation (Residence). Since then, he has written and directed four feature films. His latest film, ‘Fremont’, premiered in Sundance in 2023. He lives mainly in London.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 Fremont
2018 Land
2016 Radio Dreams
2009 Frontier Blues



        : Opening Nights

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        29/09/2023, 22:15, DANAOS 1

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        03/10/2023, 21:30, IDEAL

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ATHENS CONCERT HALL (AL.TRIANTI VENUE)

        SILVER HAZE

        SILVER HAZE

        28/09/2023, 19:30, IDEAL
        07/10/2023, 18:00, IDEAL

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        28/09/2023, 20:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:30, ASTY

        SUBTRACTION | TAFRIGH

        SUBTRACTION | TAFRIGH

        28/09/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        07/10/2023, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        PUAN

        PUAN

        29/09/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1
        07/10/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        30/09, 17.30, ASTY
        02/10, 18.00, ΑSTY

        THE NATURE OF LOVE | SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN

        THE NATURE OF LOVE | SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN

        30/09/2023, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        MAY DECEMBER

        MAY DECEMBER

        30/09/2023, 22:30, DANAOS 1

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        01/10/2023, 21:30, ASTOR

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        01/10/2023, 21:45, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:45, DANAOS 1

        SHAYDA

        SHAYDA

        01/10/2023, 21:45, DANAOS 1

        STORY AVE

        STORY AVE

        01/10/2023, 22:30, IDEAL
        04/10/2023, 17:30, DANAOS 1

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        02/10/2023, 19:30, ΙDEAL

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        02/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1
        06/10/2023, 17:45, DANAOS 1

        CREATURA

        CREATURA

        02/10/2023, 21:45, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTY

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        02/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        CLUB ZERO

        CLUB ZERO

        03/10/2023, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        04/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        04/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR
        08/10/2023, 18:00, ASTOR

        FEMME

        FEMME

        04/10/2023, 22.00, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 22.30, ΑSTY

        MEMORY

        MEMORY

        05/10/2023, 19:30, IDEAL

        DREAM SCENARIO

        DREAM SCENARIO

        05/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE | LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES

        THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE | LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES

        06/10/2023, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        PLAYLAND

        PLAYLAND

        06/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY

        PRISCILLA

        PRISCILLA

        06/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        07/10/2023, 21:15, DANAOS 1

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        07/10/2023, 22:30, ASTOR

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        08/10/2023, 20.00, IDEAL

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        09/10/2023, 21:00, IDEAL