Abbas Kiarostami Movies

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...

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

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...

Farhad, a respected math teacher, is engaged to the mother of one of his pupils. But rather than embrace his new father figure, the angry young...

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...

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

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

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and...

Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña

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 documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of...

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

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

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

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 humorous slice of educational instruction on refurbishing and painting" (MoMA).

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

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

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...