Abbas Kiarostami Movies

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...

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.

After returning from an errand to get bread, a young boy encounters a dog that frightens him making the journey to get home more difficult than he...

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

A eductional short film based on a child named Mohammed-Reza and his poor dental habits. A majority of the second half film discusses many questions...

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...

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...

10 Days with Kiarostami

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

Acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, delivers a film workshop in Bogotá, the filmmakers conclude by proposing a short film in 10...

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Abbas Kiarostami’s "Certified Copy" (2010).

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.