Archive of films Fremont / Fremont
USA
2023, 91 min
Section:
Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2023
Synopsis
Getting up after a sleepless night, greeting neighbours, going to work, where she spends her days making fortune cookies. This is the life of Donya, an Afghan immigrant who has now made her home in Fremont, USA. Loneliness and insomnia are problems the young woman is trying to address, initially on her own and later with the help of a quirky therapist. It’s unclear whether it’s harder for her to come to terms with her traumatic past or with her current unsettled existence. Will Donya find a solution by hiding a message in one of the thousands of fortune cookies that get sent out? A lightly wistful comedy about a quest of self-discovery that asks whether refugee status is a condition of geographical location or whether it’s a state of mind. It’s also a film about hope coming along when we least expect it.
Anna Kořínek
About the director

Babak Jalali (1978, Gorgan, Iran). Filmography: Frontier Blues (2009), Radio Dreams (2016), Land (2018), Fremont (2023).
Contacts
Memento International
50 rue de Chabrol, 750 10, Paris
France
Tel: +33 153 349 020
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Black & white, DCP
International premiere
Section: | Crystal Globe Competition |
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Director: | Babak Jalali |
Screenplay: | Carolina Cavalli, Babak Jalali |
Dir. of Photography: | Laura Valladao |
Music: | Mahmoud Schricker |
Sound: | Stefano Gross |
Editor: | Babak Jalali |
Art Director: | Rob Riutta |
Producer: | Marjaneh Moghimi, Sudnya Shroff, Rachael Fung, George Rush, Chris Martin, Laura Wagner |
Production: | Butimar |
Coproduction: | Extra A Productions |
Cast: | Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White |
Sales: | Memento International |
Guests

Babak Jalali
Film Director

Rachael Fung
Producer

Sudnya Shroff
Producer