For decades now, Iranian cinema has regularly been making news. This year, the Palme d’Or at Cannes went to Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” and there’s little doubt the film will secure at ...

In India, Iranian cinema has a large viewership because at it's heart, cinema from this land is humanist. That apart, Iranian cinema offers something rare: stillness. It trusts the audience to feel, ...

'Abbas Kiarostami: a transversal filmography' is a video essay on the relationship between the different child and adolescent characters in the Iranian director's various films. What is proposed is a ...

Abbas Kiarostami , one of the most influential and poetic voices in world cinema, left behind a legacy of storytelling that transcended language, borders and politics. Born in Tehran in 1940, he ...

In January, New York's IFC Center will host a timely new retrospective, "Panahi & Kiarostami: Two Masters," as IndieWire announces exclusively. Running from January 2–8, 2026, the 18-film program will ...

Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. A part of the Iranian New Wave, Kiarostami is famous for using poetic dialogue and a ...

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