Ramin Bahrani
About
Writer/Director Ramin Bahrani's films have premiered and screened at such festivals as Venice, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and Toronto. He has won numerous awards such as the FIPRESCI prize for best film (Man Push Cart, London; Goodbye Solo, Venice), the "Someone to Watch" Independent Spirit Award (Chop Shop), and was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2010 Legendary American film critic Roger Ebert proclaimed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." His new film, 99 Homes, starring Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon, received high praise earlier this year at the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals. His 2014 The Power of Words film is titled Lift You Up.
Lift You Up
Glyn is a volunteer egg inspector in North Carolina who died and was revived after a heart attack. Since then, his outlook on life has taken a spiritual, thoughtful bent: He waxes poetic on life, death, and the meaning of existence.
Mandela quote: "The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person."
Untitled Ramin Bahrani Documentary
Untitled Ramin Bahrani Documentary explores the phenomenon of parricide, introducing us to a challenging and unforgettable cast of characters: teenagers who have murdered one or both of their parents in a transgressive act of violence.