Movies: Abbas Kiarostami

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

Two children watching animals move in an animated film try to imitate their gestures — until they see real birds fly and a real airplane take off....

A documentary about Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami first aired on the French television series Cinema de Notre Temps....

The story of four soldiers who on a Friday go to the city with their commander. But this Friday is different and brings many troubles for them which changes them forever....

Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda....

Abbas Kiarostami is the most acclaimed Iranian film director whose films have won prizes all around the world. In this film he gives a rare and frank interview about his work, and journeys out of Tehran to meet Babk Ahmadpoor the now grown up star of...

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....

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beat...

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's themes and methods. The director also profiles Kiarostami as a poet and a photographer....

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 home with his baby brother while his mother goes out shopping. She has told him to give the baby his bo...

A man, unable to hitch a ride back to his broken-down car with a new tire, rolls it back to his car while running....

A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of poetry, and his life. Filmed over a two year period from 1996 to 1998....

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....

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

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10 Days with Kiarostami...

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

Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña...

Abbas Kiarostami takes his camera to south of Italy and shows us a beautiful and playful video of alleys and stairs there....

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu....