Abbas Kiarostami Movies

Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly...

A documentary by Hamideh Sharif Rad about Abbas Kiarostami's "Through the Olive Trees" (1994).

U.S.-based film professor Jamsheed Akrami talks to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami in an inpromptu video interview, which offers a frank and funny...

Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. In the story, a four year old boy (Mohammed Aladpoush) is left at...

Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in...

Hossain Sabzian and some of his associates discuss his character, his life-long obsession with cinema and his attitude towards the film he starred...

A documentary dealing with the life of Ahmadreza Ahmadi, an Iranian Poet.

Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.

Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo and his "À propos de Nice" from 1930.

Ali Dehbashi, the editor-in-chief of Bukhara Magazine, is forced to vacate his rented office. While struggling with asthma and the pressure of...

A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of...

A gorgeous and smart film by Daniel Garcia and Rania Attieh, Almost, Brooklyn, gives us an old man doing just what audiences did, crossing the...

In this guided tour of a unique Persian carpet, a close-up of the delicate "spine" of a tree branches out into the discovery of a fantastical world.

Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his many movies. Filmmaker and close friend Samadian avoids...

A boy on his way home from school kicks a ball out of a street where some children are playing. He's chased and forced to take a new way home.

A woman orders a suit from a tailor for her young son to wear to her sister's wedding. The tailor's apprentice, together with two other teenage boys...

A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.

After returning from an errand to get bread, a young boy encounters a dog that frightens him making the journey to get home more difficult than he...

Relationships and multiple influences between two great directors of modern cinema.

A documentary featuring interviews with teachers and officials on the profession of teaching and what it means to them.