Abbas Kiarostami Movies

One shot, taken using a time-lapse technique, of a sunrise in an Iranian mountain landscape. A thin band of light shines across a starry sky, the sun...

“Nature, the inexhaustible resource of encounters worthy of speechless communication,” declares Abbas Kiarostami in Fergus Daly’s...

Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding through mountain roads, as the Iranian filmmaker muses...

Two children watching animals move in an animated film try to imitate their gestures — until they see real birds fly and a real airplane take...

A man, unable to hitch a ride back to his broken-down car with a new tire, rolls it back to his car while running.

A documentary featuring interviews with teachers and officials on the profession of teaching and what it means to them.

This rarely screened early short made for The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults documents the complete...

On July 1983, lawmakers in Teheran decided to close off a section of the capital to regular traffic. Only drivers with special permits could cross...

This film was made during the Author Workshop: Filming in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami, in January 2016. It was also completed during the Master's...

Ali Dehbashi, the editor-in-chief of Bukhara Magazine, is forced to vacate his rented office. While struggling with asthma and the pressure of...

We can see rocks on a sea shore, with cavities, in one of them, the highest, there are 3 seagull eggs, and the waves slam that rock.

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.

In this guided tour of a unique Persian carpet, a close-up of the delicate "spine" of a tree branches out into the discovery of a fantastical world.

A 9-minute short directed by Abbas Kiarostami, produced as part of a workshop in Cuba.

After a fight, a woman patiently awaits for her husband while the sadness and loneliness tear apart her heart.

A thirty-nine minute sketch film for TASTE OF CHERRY that Abbas Kiarostani made with his son Bahman Kiarostami.

This interview-based documentary is made on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Aydin Aghdashloo, Mohammad Ehsaei and Abbas Kiarostami, and deals...

Leeches a film by bahman kiarostami

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

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