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Kiarostami Celebrated in a Multimedia Event at Italian Embassy

mahla — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:24:10 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Kiarostami Celebrated in a Multimedia Event at Italian Embassy. The Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, has hosted on Thursday a tribute to Abbas Kiarostami with a special photo exhibit, a classical music performance and the screening of two video-documentaries featuring the places which have served as inspiration for Kiarostami.

In his introductory remarks on this new cultural initiative, the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone, recalled the extraordinary artistic importance of Kiarostami’s work, as well his innovative and unique style, which was also inspired by Italian neo-realist cinema.

The photography exhibition displayed in the gardens of the Italian residence in Tehran featured a selection of 21 photographs from the 2021 “5 Photo Award” International Festival by 16 prominent Iranian and foreign photographers.

The Festival is inspired by Kiarostami’s acclaimed documentary “Five” (2003), consisting of five long shots, set by the ocean and shot mostly with fixed camera positions. The annual photo exhibit, founded by Mehdi Shadizadeh in 2020, is curated by Farhood Nasiri and Alireza Shadizadeh and managed by Simin Bayrami.

On the same occasion two short video documentaries were screened, titled “Single Arrow’s Tree” and “In Search of Lost Time” by Mehdi Shadizadeh, featuring the natural landscapes and locations which have inspired Kiarostami and appeared in his movies. A special piano and violin performance by Elnaz Moshtaghi and Behzad Jafarian was also included in the event, with the goal of recreating, through the sound of minimalist music the neorealist soul of Kiarostami’s cinema.

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‘Certified Copy’ among AP’s Top 10

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:45:14 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s 2010 ‘Certified Copy’, the late master’s first dramatic feature made outside Iran, has been selected as one of the 10 best films of the decade by The Associated Press.

The Associated Press’s list of Best 10 Films of the Decade has put Abbas Kiarostami’s 2010 ‘Certified Copy’ at the 8th place.

The film is about an antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche) and a writer (William Shimell), who debate the essence of authenticity in art and what, exactly, constitutes a reproduction.

“It was an audacious and provocative film to kick off a decade of cinema and while the answers remain elusive, the experience and ideas are those that nine-plus years on have continued to provoke,” the AP wrote about the reason for choosing the film among the best 10 films of the decade.

The first place on the list was given to “Tree of Life” (2011) by Terrence Malick.

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Belgian art center to commemorate Abbas Kiarostami

reporter 1222 — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:10:17 +0000

TEHRAN – The center for Fine Arts in Brussels will commemorate late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

The Center for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium (Bozar) will hold a ceremony in commemoration of the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in January 16 and 25. During the ceremony two films by Abbas Kiarostami, ’24 Frames’ and ‘Take Me Home’, will be screened. Also, the documentary film ’76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Kiarostami’ directed by Seifollah Samadian will be shown in the ceremony.

Expert on Iranian cinema Agnes Devictor and his husband the journalist Jean-Michel Frodon will introduce and discuss the films.

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