Jalil 2009 Directed by Mazdak Nassir

Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.

Country Iran
Production Country Finland
Language Persian
Spoken Languages Finnish , Persian
Gnere Drama
Production Companies YLE , Finnish Film Foundation , AVEK , Sputnik
Budget $230,421
Release Date 1 June 2009
29 mins