Total:23
-
2021-04-13 18:39
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Iranian children’s cinema, simple but not easy to portrait
It is deceptively simple to make a film about children, but it is one of the most popular subjects for directors.
-
2021-02-02 19:27
Where Is Friend Kiarostami?: Pompidou Center, MK2 Films to review oeuvre of Kiarostami
TEHRAN – The Pompidou Center in Paris and the French company MK2 Films have teamed up to exhibit an oeuvre of Abbas Kiarostami, the world-renowned Iranian artist who was an old hand in numerous art media, in a program named “Where Is Friend Kiarostami?”
-
2020-07-31 18:49
Hong Kong festival picks films by Abbas Kiarostami, Nader Saeivar
TEHRAN – The 44th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival has announced its lineup with three films by Abbas Kiarostami and one by his fellow Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar.
-
2020-07-07 18:30
Book on Abbas Kiarostami removed from stores over his son’s lawsuit
TEHRAN – A Tehran court has ordered all copies of a book containing a collection of renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s private letters to his former wife to be removed from bookstores over his son Ahmad’s lawsuit against the publisher.
-
2020-04-27 18:21
Netflix pens deal with MK2 to screen Abbas Kiarostami films
TEHRAN – Netflix has penned a new deal with France’s MK2 Films to screen a number of remastered versions of films by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
-
2020-04-21 18:22
Documentaries on Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy released
TEHRAN – Documentarian Hamideh Sharifrad has released three of her documentaries about Abbas Kiarostami’s The Koker Trilogy on Hashure, an Iranian platform providing the video on demand (VOD) service for documentary films.
-
2020-02-28 18:02
India’s Alliance to acquire Abbas Kiarostami’s film collection
TEHRAN -- India’s Alliance Media & Entertainment plans to acquire a collection of works by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami from France’s MK2 Films for distribution in the country.
-
2020-02-24 18:37
MK2 Films to release Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy in France
TEHRAN – The Paris-based distributor MK2 Films will release Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s The Koker Trilogy on April 7, Nasrin Mirshab, the director of the DreamLab Films, the France-based international distributor of the film, has announced.
-
2020-02-22 18:30
“Sohanak” represents “Taste of Cherry” at Image of the Year Celebration
TEHRAN -- The 17th edition of the Image of the Year Celebration was inaugurated on Friday at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) with a screening of “Sohanak”, a film that depicts Abbas Kiarostami playing the role of the leading character of his movie “Taste of Cherry” on a pilot project.
-
2019-11-19 15:22
Photo: Babak Borzouyeh
Paris photo exhibit commemorates Abbas Kiarostami
Parisians visit an exhibition of photos underway at the Gallery 21 in the French capital on November 18, 2019 to commemorate the legendary Iranian filmmaker and photographer Abbas Kiarostami. The collection was built by a group of Iranian photographers inspired by poems from Kiarostami’s book “Wind and Leaf” The exhibit, which also takes its title from the book, will be running until November 23. Photographer Babak Borzuyeh is the curator of the exhibit, which is being organized by Sheednegar Academy in Tehran in collaboration with the Farabi Cinema Foundation.
-
2019-11-08 18:28
Paris gallery to host photo exhibit in memory of Abbas Kiarostami
TEHRAN – The Gallery 21 in Paris will host an exhibition of photos on November 18 in memory of legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
-
2019-10-23 18:17
Paintings by Abbas Kiarostami to go on display at Tehran gallery
TEHRAN – A collection of rarely-seen paintings by legendary filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will put on view in an exhibition at Tehran’s Golestan Gallery, which will open on November 8.
-
2019-10-22 18:04
“Kiarostami and His Missing Cane” named best doc at Salto festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Mahmudreza Sani’s film “Kiarostami and His Missing Cane” about the world-renowned filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has won the award for best documentary feature at the 4th Salto Independent Film Festival in Uruguay.
-
2019-07-05 18:43
Kiarostami’s last intl. award donated to Film Museum of Iran
TEHRAN – Legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s last international award was donated by his son, Bahman, to the Film Museum of Iran on Friday, which marked the third anniversary of his death, the museum announced.
-
2019-07-03 19:03
Kiarostami foundation restores movies for worldwide screenings
TEHRAN – The Abbas Kiarostami Foundation announced on Wednesday that it has completed the restoration of a large lineup of his films for screening worldwide.
-
2019-06-19 18:52
“Travel to the Morning” to commemorate Abbas Kiarostami at Tehran gallery
TEHRAN – Tehran’s E1 Gallery will organize an exhibition entitled “Travel to the Morning” in memory of legendary artist Abbas Kiarostami.
-
2019-06-16 18:50
Iranian theaters to celebrate Abbas Kiarostami’s birthday
TEHRAN – All the theaters across the country will pay tribute to filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami on June 22, concurrent with the late director’s birthday.
-
2019-06-09 17:42
Doc on life of Abbas Kiarostami to go on screen in Tehran
TEHRAN – “Along with Wind”, a documentary about the life of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and his artistic career, will go on screen on June 22, concurrent with the late director’s birthday.
-
2018-10-22 19:00
Roshd festival to review Kiarostami films
TEHRAN – A lineup of 7 films directed by Abbas Kiarostami, promoting educational topics for children, will go on screen at the 48th Roshd International Film Festival.
-
2018-09-14 18:51
IIDCYA screens films by pioneers of children’s cinema
TEHRAN – The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has launched a program during which a lineup of films by pioneers of Iranian children’s cinema, including Abbas Kiarostami and Nureddin Zarrinkelk, will be screened.
-
2018-06-19 19:04
Portraits to bring Kiarostami’s “Shirin” to life at Tehran exhibit
TEHRAN – An exhibition, which is scheduled to open on Friday at Tehran Saless Gallery, will showcase portraits of actors who appeared in Abbas Kiarostami’s acclaimed 2008 movie “Shirin”.
-
2018-02-27 18:12
National Museum of Iran to showcase Louvre visitors in Kiarostami’s photo collection
TEHRAN – A selection of photos from the “Look at Me” series by auteur Abbas Kiarostami during his many visits to the Louvre Museum will go on show at the National Museum of Iran next week.
-
2018-02-17 19:05
Tehran gallery sets up Abbas Kiarostami bust
TEHRAN – The Tehran-based Boom Gallery, which showcased photo collections by Abbas Kiarostami during several exhibitions, has set up a bronze bust of the world-renowned Iranian art icon in its courtyard.
