Abbas Kiarostami

Born: 1940-06-22

Abbas Kiarostami was a director and scriptwriter who was born in 1940 in Tehran, Iran. He was a famous director and scriptwriter in Iran and across the world. His first movies were “The Bread and Alley”, “Breaktime” and “The Traveler”. He was also interested in photography, music, and painting. He has won a lot of awards such as Golden Palm for “Taste of Cherry” from Cannes Film Festival, the Crystal Simorgh of Jury for “Close-Up”. His other notable work include his ‘Koker trilogy’, and the films “Like Someone in Love” and “Certified Copy.”


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Through the Olive Trees

as Self
Released: 1994-02-01

Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing more... (1992).

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Close-Up

as Self
Released: 1990-05-09

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on...

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What Is Cinema?

as Self
Released: 2013-09-06

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock...

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Sodankylä Forever

as Self
Released: 2010-08-05

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the...

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Homework

as Self
Released: 1989-02-01

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

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ABC Africa

as Self
Released: 2001-10-24

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

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Kurosawa's Way

as Self
Released: 2011-05-13

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover...

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Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'

as Self
Released: 1994-12-31

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

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Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

as Self
Released: 2013-01-01

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

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TropiAbbas

as Abbas Kiarostami
Released: 2005-01-01

An Iranian filmmaker, a female taxi driver and a class a about cinema.

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76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

as Himself
Released: 2016-08-31

Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his...

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Guest

as Self
Released: 2011-03-25

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of...

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Close to Kiarostami

as as Self
Released: 2000-01-01

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and...

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Journey to the Land of the Traveler

as uncredited
Released: 2004-03-18

Twenty years after The Traveler was made, Kiarostami's son filmed his father as he reunited with...

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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and...

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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

as Self
Released: 2003-03-02

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921),...

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The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran

as uncredited
Released: 2020-11-04

“Nature, the inexhaustible resource of encounters worthy of speechless communication,” declares...

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On the Road with Kiarostami

as Himself
Released: 2005-05-01

Abbas Kiarostami is the most acclaimed Iranian film director whose films have won prizes all...

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10 Days with Kiarostami

as Self
Released: 2005-06-03

10 Days with Kiarostami

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Vida

as Himself
Released: 2014-11-20

Acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, delivers a film workshop in Bogotá, the...

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Roads of Kiarostami

as Self
Released: 2006-08-05

Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding...

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Around Five

as himself
Released: 2005-01-01

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.

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Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

as himself
Released: 2007-05-05

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

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Let's See Copia Conforme

as Self
Released: 2010-01-01

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Abbas Kiarostami’s "Certified Copy" (2010).

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10 on Ten

as Self
Released: 2004-05-26

"10 on Ten" is a 2004 Iranian documentary film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened in...

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Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

as self
Released: 1999-01-01

A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet...

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Making of 'Like Someone in Love'

as Narrator
Released: 2012-10-01

Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like...

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A Good Time for Tragedy

as Himself
Released: 2005-01-01

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

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Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma

as (himself)
Released: 2002-01-01

Abbas Kiarostami about the making of "The Wind Will Carry Us"

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Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams

as Self
Released: 1994-11-28

A documentary about Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami first aired on the French television...

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Taste of Shirin

as Himself
Released: 2008-12-12

A short documentary about the making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'.

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The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña

as uncredited
Released: 2014-07-22

Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña

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Leech

as himself (voice)
Released: 2021-09-26

Leeches a film by bahman kiarostami

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A Walk with Kiarostami

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

U.S.-based film professor Jamsheed Akrami talks to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami in an...

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Print: In Memory of Abbas Kiarostami

as Self
Released: 2019-01-08

A short documentary from footage of the making of Kiarostami's 2017 film 24 FRAMES.

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A Week With Kiarostami

as himself
Released: 1999-11-01

Mohara Yuji's documentary A Week with Kiarostami, filmed on the set of The Wind Will Carry Us. A...

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In Praise of the Seventy Years Old

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Released: 2010-01-01

This interview-based documentary is made on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Aydin...

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