Abbas Kiarostami
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.”
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.131 |
| Birthday | 1940-06-22 |
| Place of Birth | Tehran, Iran |
| Also Known As | 압바스 키아로스타미, عباس کیارستمی, 阿巴斯·基亚罗斯塔米, 아바스 키아로스타미, |
1990
Close-Up
7.9/353
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-kno...
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Close-Up
2004
10 on Ten
6.3/7
"10 on Ten" is a 2004 Iranian documentary film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film...
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10 on Ten
2003
A Walk with Kiarostami
5.5/4
U.S.-based film professor Jamsheed Akrami talks to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami in an inpromptu video interview, which offers a frank and funny vie...
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A Walk with Kiarostami
2011
Kurosawa's Way
5.4/11
Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.
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Kurosawa's Way
2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
5.7/10
This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
2008
Taste of Shirin
0/0
A short documentary about the making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'.
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Taste of Shirin
2004
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2/1
Twenty years after The Traveler was made, Kiarostami's son filmed his father as he reunited with the film's child star, now in his 30s.
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Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2003
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
7/5
Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's t...
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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2013
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
4.8/4
A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
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Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
2016
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
6.8/6
Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his many movies. Filmmaker and close friend Samadian avoids t...
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76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
2010
Let's See Copia Conforme
0/0
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Abbas Kiarostami’s "Certified Copy" (2010).
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Let's See Copia Conforme
1994
Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams
0/0
A documentary about Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami first aired on the French television series Cinema de Notre Temps.
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Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams
2012
Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
0/0
Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.
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Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
2013
What Is Cinema?
6.2/20
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, Da...
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What Is Cinema?
2019
Print
0/0
A short documentary from footage of the making of Kiarostami's 2017 film 24 FRAMES.
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1994
Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
0/0
A documentary by Hamideh Sharif Rad about Abbas Kiarostami's "Through the Olive Trees" (1994).
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Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
2006
Roads of Kiarostami
5.3/7
Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding through mountain roads, as the Iranian filmmaker muses in...
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Roads of Kiarostami
1989
Homework
7.383/30
Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.
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Homework
2014
Vida
0/0
Acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, delivers a film workshop in Bogotá, the filmmakers conclude by proposing a short film in 10 days. Di...
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Vida
2002
Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma
0/0
Abbas Kiarostami about the making of "The Wind Will Carry Us"
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Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma
2005
Around Five
0/0
Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.
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Around Five
1999
A Week With Kiarostami
0/0
Mohara Yuji's documentary A Week with Kiarostami, filmed on the set of The Wind Will Carry Us. A photographic diary, the film plunges us into the beat...
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A Week With Kiarostami
2007
Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
6/1
Relationships and multiple influences between two great directors of modern cinema.
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Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences
2010
Sodankylä Forever
0/0
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by...
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Sodankylä Forever
2005
A Good Time for Tragedy
5/1
A documentary dealing with the life of Ahmadreza Ahmadi, an Iranian Poet.
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A Good Time for Tragedy
2020
The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran
0/0
“Nature, the inexhaustible resource of encounters worthy of speechless communication,” declares Abbas Kiarostami in Fergus Daly’s beautiful journey. H...
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The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran
2005
On the Road with Kiarostami
0/0
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...
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On the Road with Kiarostami
2021
Leech
0/0
Leeches a film by bahman kiarostami
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Leech
2000
Kiarostami in Close up
0/0
A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works...
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Kiarostami in Close up
2005
10 Days with Kiarostami
3/1
10 Days with Kiarostami
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10 Days with Kiarostami
1999
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
7.5/2
A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of poet...
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Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
1994
Through the Olive Trees
7.399/159
Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing more... (1992).
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Through the Olive Trees
2010
In Praise of the Seventy Years Old
0/0
This interview-based documentary is made on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Aydin Aghdashloo, Mohammad Ehsaei and Abbas Kiarostami, and deals wit...
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In Praise of the Seventy Years Old
2001
ABC Africa
4.9/23
Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.
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ABC Africa
1997
Sohanak
0/0
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Sohanak
2014
The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña
4/1
Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña
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The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña
2005
TropiAbbas
0/0
An Iranian filmmaker, a female taxi driver and a class a about cinema.
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TropiAbbas
2011
Guest
6/8
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...
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Guest
1997
Project
7.5/1
A thirty-nine minute sketch film for TASTE OF CHERRY that Abbas Kiarostani made with his son Bahman Kiarostami.
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