Abbas Kiarostami Movies

Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. In the story, a four year old boy (Mohammed Aladpoush) is left at...

Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly...

A tax collector is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including a suicide attempt by his wife.

A boy on his way home from school kicks a ball out of a street where some children are playing. He's chased and forced to take a new way home.

A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.

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.

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...

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...

First Case, Second Case is a documentary about a teacher who sends a group of pupils out of the classroom when one of them does not own up to talking...

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his...

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...

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.

U.S.-based film professor Jamsheed Akrami talks to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami in an inpromptu video interview, which offers a frank and funny...

A documentary about Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami first aired on the French television series Cinema de Notre Temps.

A short documentary from footage of the making of Kiarostami's 2017 film 24 FRAMES.

A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school...

"Equal parts narrative and instructional cautionary tale, Toothache emphasizes taking care of one's teeth" (MoMA).

A little girl with beautiful hair. She loves movies and wants to become an actress. She is being told about the plot of a movie that she is going to...

A sense of order is the necessary basis of any good social organisation. To illustrate this axiom, Kiarostami presents a series of paired scenes in...

By showing a series of different-coloured objects, the film aims to familiarize very young children with the various colours, and ends with a shot of...