Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

1940-06-22 Tehran, Iran 109 Credits

Biography

Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi] ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker trilogy (1987–1994), Close-Up (1990), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and Taste of Cherry (1997), which was awarded the Palme ...

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Bukhara Chronicles

Bukhara Chronicles

2025

as voice

Acting

Ali Dehbashi, the editor-in-chief of Bukhara Magazine, is forced to vacate his rented office. While struggling with asthma and the pressure of publish...

A Conversation on The Report

2022

Director

Directing

Viewing Kiarostami’s lesser-known great film, accompanied by his own interpretation, is like sitting in on a filmmaking masterclass. Invited by “Pig” ...

Leech

Leech

2021

as himself (voice)

Acting

Leeches a film by bahman kiarostami

The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran

The Mirror of Possible Worlds: Kiarostami on Aran

2020

Acting

“Nature, the inexhaustible resource of encounters worthy of speechless communication,” declares Abbas Kiarostami in Fergus Daly’s beautiful journey. H...

Print

Print

2019

as Self

Acting

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

24 Frames

24 Frames

2018

Director

6.6
Directing

A collection of 24 short four-and-a-half minutes films inspired by still images, including paintings and photographs. An experimental project made by ...

Final Exam

Final Exam

2017

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

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 studen...

76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

2016

as Himself

6.8
Acting

Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his many movies. Filmmaker and close friend Samadian avoids t...

Take Me Home

Take Me Home

2016

Director, Cinematography

7.3
Directing

Abbas Kiarostami takes his camera to south of Italy and shows us a beautiful and playful video of alleys and stairs there.

Passenger

Passenger

2016

Director, Writer, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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

Cabeza de gallo

Cabeza de gallo

2016

Supervising Producer

Producing

After a fight, a woman patiently awaits for her husband while the sadness and loneliness tear apart her heart.

Vida

Vida

2014

as Himself

Acting

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

The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña

The Poetry of Cinema: Abbas Kiarostami in Conversation with Richard Peña

2014

4.0
Acting

Onstage interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and Richard Richard Peña

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

2013

as Self

6.4
Acting

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, Da...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

5.2
Directing

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t...

Venezia 70 Future Reloaded - Abbas Kiarostami

Venezia 70 Future Reloaded - Abbas Kiarostami

2013

Director

Directing
The Girl in the Lemon Factory

The Girl in the Lemon Factory

2013

Co-Writer, Editor

Writing
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

2013

as Self

4.8
Acting

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

Making of 'Like Someone in Love'

Making of 'Like Someone in Love'

2012

as Narrator

Acting

Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.

Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

2012

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her bod...

Meeting Leila

Meeting Leila

2012

Writer

5.0
Writing

The only nuptial condition an inveterate chain smoker receives from his perfume-testing fiancee is to quit smoking. This poses a problem for the adver...

Kurosawa's Way

Kurosawa's Way

2011

as Self

5.4
Acting

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

Guest

Guest

2011

as Self

6.0
Acting

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges...

No

No

2010

Director

4.8
Directing

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 p...

Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever

2010

as Self

Acting

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by ...

Certified Copy

Certified Copy

2010

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

In Praise of the Seventy Years Old

In Praise of the Seventy Years Old

2010

as Self

Acting

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

Let's See Copia Conforme

Let's See Copia Conforme

2010

as Self

Acting

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

Shirin

Shirin

2009

Director, Editor, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

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

Taste of Shirin

Taste of Shirin

2008

as Himself

Acting

A short documentary about the making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'.

Seagull Eggs

Seagull Eggs

2008

Director

5.0
Directing

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.

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5
Directing

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

2007

Cinematography

4.0

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

Persian Carpet

Persian Carpet

2007

Director, Screenplay

5.0
Directing Writing

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contribut...

Where Is My Romeo?

Where Is My Romeo?

2007

Director

Directing

Various Iranian women watch Romeo and Juliet and cry.

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

2007

as himself

7.0
Acting

Relationships and multiple influences between two great directors of modern cinema.

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

Víctor Erice – Abbas Kiarostami: Correspondences

2007

Director, Writer, Editor

7.0
Directing Writing

Relationships and multiple influences between two great directors of modern cinema.

Almost Brooklyn

2007

Supervising Producer

Producing

A gorgeous and smart film by Daniel Garcia and Rania Attieh, Almost, Brooklyn, gives us an old man doing just what audiences did, crossing the bridge....

Roads of Kiarostami

Roads of Kiarostami

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding through mountain roads, as the Iranian filmmaker muses in...

Roads of Kiarostami

Roads of Kiarostami

2006

Director, Editor, Director of Photography

6.0
Directing Writing

Static shots of his photos alternate with footage of director Abbas Kiarostami's car winding through mountain roads, as the Iranian filmmaker muses in...

Rug

2006

Screenplay, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

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.

Men at Work

Men at Work

2006

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A political allegory on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend. A brief stop at a picturesque vista leads to their chance di...

10 Days with Kiarostami

10 Days with Kiarostami

2005

as Self

3.0
Acting

10 Days with Kiarostami

On the Road with Kiarostami

On the Road with Kiarostami

2005

as Himself

Acting

Abbas Kiarostami is the most acclaimed Iranian film director whose films have won prizes all around the world. In this film he gives a rare and frank ...

Tickets

Tickets

2005

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refuge...

TropiAbbas

TropiAbbas

2005

as Abbas Kiarostami

Acting

An Iranian filmmaker, a female taxi driver and a class a about cinema.

Around Five

Around Five

2005

as himself

Acting

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.

A Good Time for Tragedy

A Good Time for Tragedy

2005

as Himself

5.0
Acting

A documentary dealing with the life of Ahmadreza Ahmadi, an Iranian Poet.

Around Five

Around Five

2005

Director

Directing

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.

Friday's Soldiers

Friday's Soldiers

2004

Title Designer

2.3

The story of four soldiers who on a Friday go to the city with their commander. But this Friday is different and brings many troubles for them which c...

10 on Ten

10 on Ten

2004

as Self

6.3
Acting

"10 on Ten" is a 2004 Iranian documentary film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film ...

10 on Ten

10 on Ten

2004

Director, Producer, Writer

6.3
Directing Producing Writing

"10 on Ten" is a 2004 Iranian documentary film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film ...

Journey to the Land of the Traveler

Journey to the Land of the Traveler

2004

2.0
Acting

Twenty years after The Traveler was made, Kiarostami's son filmed his father as he reunited with the film's child star, now in his 30s.

Five Dedicated to Ozu

Five Dedicated to Ozu

2003

Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

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 anod...

A Walk with Kiarostami

A Walk with Kiarostami

2003

as Self

5.6
Acting

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

Crimson Gold

Crimson Gold

2003

Writer

7.0
Writing

Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expen...

Willow and Wind

Willow and Wind

2003

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A boy breaks a window at his school and sets out to fix it on his own during a storm.

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

2003

as Self

5.7
Acting

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's t...

Ten

Ten

2002

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

7.3
Directing

A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.

Deserted Station

Deserted Station

2002

Writer

6.0
Writing

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a ne...

Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma

Abbas Kiarostami: Leçon de cinéma

2002

as (himself)

Acting

Abbas Kiarostami about the making of "The Wind Will Carry Us"

ABC Africa

ABC Africa

2001

as Self

4.9
Acting

Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

ABC Africa

ABC Africa

2001

Director, Writer, Producer

4.9
Directing Writing Producing

Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

Abbas Kiarostami commente son film

2001

Acting
The Key

The Key

2000

Editor, Screenplay

5.8
Writing

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 hom...

Kiarostami in Close up

Kiarostami in Close up

2000

as as Self

Acting

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

A Week With Kiarostami

A Week With Kiarostami

1999

as himself

Acting

Mohara Yuji's documentary A Week with Kiarostami, filmed on the set of The Wind Will Carry Us. A photographic diary, the film plunges us into the beat...

The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

Director, Editor, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing Writing

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his eff...

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

1999

as self

7.5
Acting

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

The Birth of Light

The Birth of Light

1997

Director

5.2
Directing

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 ...

Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry

1997

Director, Producer, Writer

7.7
Directing Producing Writing

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemi...

Sohanak

1997

as Self

Acting
Project

Project

1997

as Self

7.5
Acting

A thirty-nine minute sketch film for TASTE OF CHERRY that Abbas Kiarostani made with his son Bahman Kiarostami.

Safar

Safar

1996

Writer

6.0
Writing

An exploration of the psychological effects of war on a middle-class Iranian family who flee Teheran following a night air raid.

First Graders

First Graders

1996

Director, Writer, Editor

6.7
Directing Writing

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 sum...

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

1995

Director

6.3
Directing

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under condition...

Orderly or Disorderly

Orderly or Disorderly

1995

Director, Editor, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

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 th...

Concerning Nice

Concerning Nice

1995

Writer, Director

5.1
Writing Directing

Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo and his "À propos de Nice" from 1930.

The White Balloon

The White Balloon

1995

Writer

7.5
Writing

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'

Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'

1994

as Self

Acting

A documentary by Hamideh Sharif Rad about Abbas Kiarostami's "Through the Olive Trees" (1994).

Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams

Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams

1994

as Self

Acting

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

Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

1994

as Self

7.4
Acting

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications aris...

Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

1994

Writer, Director, Editor

7.4
Writing Directing Producing

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications aris...

Life, and Nothing More…

Life, and Nothing More…

1992

Director, Writer, Editor

7.7
Directing Writing

After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made th...

Close-Up

Close-Up

1990

as Self

7.9
Acting

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-kno...

Close-Up

Close-Up

1990

Writer, Director, Editor

7.9
Writing Directing

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-kno...

Homework

Homework

1989

as Self (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.

Homework

Homework

1989

Director, Editor, Screenplay

7.3
Directing Writing

Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.

Where Is The Friend's House?

Where Is The Friend's House?

1987

Writer, Director, Editor

7.9
Writing Directing

An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Fellow Citizen

Fellow Citizen

1983

Editor, Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

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 the...

Toothache

Toothache

1983

Director, Screenplay, Editor

4.0
Directing Writing

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

The Chorus

The Chorus

1982

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

An old man with a hearing aid tires of listening to the noises of the town. But when he takes his aid out he can't hear his grandchildren coming to se...

First Case, Second Case

First Case, Second Case

1979

Editor, Writer, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

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 ...

Solution No. 1

Solution No. 1

1978

Writer, Director

4.7
Writing Directing

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.

The Report

The Report

1977

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

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

Jahan-Nama Palace

Jahan-Nama Palace

1977

Director

6.0
Directing

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

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting

How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting

1977

Editor, Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

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

Tribute to the Teachers

Tribute to the Teachers

1977

Writer, Producer, Editor

4.2
Writing Producing Directing

A documentary featuring interviews with teachers and officials on the profession of teaching.

The Colours

The Colours

1976

Director, Editor, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

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 ...

A Wedding Suit

A Wedding Suit

1976

Director, Editor, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing Producing

A woman orders a suit from a tailor for her young son to wear to her sister's wedding. The tailor's apprentice, together with two other teenage boys w...

Two Solutions to One Problem

Two Solutions to One Problem

1975

Director, Writer, Editor

5.6
Directing Writing

During breaktime, Dara and Nader have a fierce argument about a torn exercise book that the former has given back to the latter. There are two possibl...

So Can I

So Can I

1975

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5.5
Producing Directing Writing

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 off.

The Traveler

The Traveler

1974

Writer, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in ...

The Experience

The Experience

1973

Director, Editor, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing Producing

The hard daily life of a kid working in a photo shop while trying to get closer to the girl he likes.

Recess

Recess

1972

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

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.

The Bread and Alley

The Bread and Alley

1970

Director

6.5
Directing

Returning from an errand to buy bread, a boy finds a menacing dog blocking his way through the alley he must go down to get home. Frightened by the do...

Gheisar

Gheisar

1969

Title Designer

6.8

A young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.

Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'

Taste Of Shirin : Making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'

N/A

as Abbas Kiarostami

Acting