Behi Djanati Atai’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, dark, harrowing, layered, uneasy

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Behi Djanati Atai has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.
Dir. Agnieszka Holland · With Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
Dir. Babak Anvari · With Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi