“…universally, it provides a metaphor for the struggle between the migrant generation, which is holding on to the past and traditions from another country, and the sabra generation born into a new identity and seeking out a fresh path.” (Variety)

Yuval Delshad’s fiction-feature debut deftly chronicles the escalating conflict between father and son in a hard-working Iranian-Israeli family in the Negev during the early 1980s. Yitzhak (the extremely talented Navid Negahban, who played Abu Nazir in Homeland) is proud of the turkey farm his father built, and is determined to keep it going with the help of his 13-year-old son Moti. But farming turkeys is the last thing Moti wants to do. When Yitzhak’s older, successful brother returns from America for a short visit, Moti’s rebellion against what he believes are his father’s old-fashioned ways explodes. Baba Joon is a beautifully acted, astute glimpse into the immigrant experience, and a universal story of intergenerational tension.