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5 days ago · C.J. Prince July 1, 2024. At a lakeside cottage, Allen Sunshine (Vincent Leclerc) keeps to himself. He goes out on his boat, walks his dog, and wanders the surrounding forest with a tape recorder capturing the sounds of nature, which he then mixes into songs with different analog synthesizers. We soon learn that Allen is a music mogul mourning ...
16 hours ago · Take the shot of a pan frying about a dozen eggs, which recalls the work of another legendary filmmaker’s foray into shorter film formats: Abbas Kiarostami’s one-minute piece from 1995, “Dinner for One,” whose narrative consists of one long take of an egg frying while we hear the voice of Isabelle Huppert leaving a message on someone’s answering machine.
1 day ago · For ten years, the group has been organizing experiential workshops for emerging directors, working with filmmakers including Costa, Werner Herzog, Abbas Kiarostami and Apichatpong Weerasethakul ...
1 day ago · Co-written with Abbas Kiarostami, it highlights the innocence and determination of childhood against the backdrop of everyday Iranian life. Panahi's ability to craft a compelling narrative from a simple premise earned him the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, marking a significant debut.
3 days ago · The Makhmalbaf Film School was established in 1996 by post-revolutionary Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957–), a key figure of the 1980s and early 1990s and a central inspiration for Abbas Kiarostami’s CLOSE UP (1990).
4 days ago · First Graders (1984) by Abbas Kiarostami. We were delighted to find that Abbas Kiarostami, a wonderful Iranian director, made a few films about childhood early in his career. First Graders is one of these films, and the first we’ve had the chance to watch.
1 day ago · Starting With Viva... by Khosrow Sinai and followed by many excellent Iranian directors who emerged in the last few decades, such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi. Kiarostami, who some critics regard as one of the few great directors in the history of cinema, [17] planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Taste of Cherry in 1997.
