The Film Sufi

Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees ( Zire Darakhatan Zeyton , 1994) was one of the veteran director’s films that first attracte...

Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami began writing and directing films, both features and documentaries, in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until ...

After studying directing at a film college, making several documentary films, and serving as Abbas Kiarostami’s assistant director in Unde...

Taste of Cherry ( Ta'am-e-Gīlās , 1997), a film produced, directed, written, and edited by Abbas Kiarostami , won the Palme D’Or at th...

Many Iranian filmmakers, reflecting the general inclinations of their Persian culture, make movies with distinctly philosophical themes and...

Close-Up ( Nema-ye Nazdik , 1990) was perhaps Abbas Kiarostami’s most critically-acclaimed film, and yet it was apparently something of a...