Overview of articles
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Namay-e nazdik
Classic film about a fanatical film-lover who pretends to be director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. See also Close Up Long Shot.Published on: -
Zir-e darakhtan e zeiton
Third of Kiarostami’s trilogy (after ‘Where is My Friend’s Home’ and ‘And Life Goes On’) plays an intriguing game between reality and fiction.Published on: -
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Tarh
In this ‘screen test’ for The Taste of the Cherry, A. Kiarostami plays the lead, recorded by his son Bahman.Published on: -
Leila
At the start of her marriage, the young Leila is unable to have children – her husband donesn’t mind, but her mother-in-law does… The première…Published on: -
Ruzi keh khaleh mariz boud
Nine-year-old daughter of film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf made a doc about her sick aunt.Published on: -
Paper Airplanes
Debutante director describes in a simple and always humane way the journey that a father and son made through the lush north of Iran with…Published on: -
Safari be diare mosafer
Kiarostami visits the former child star of his film Mosafer 20 years later.Published on: -
Traveller from the South
Reza is a little boy who manages to overcome all the hindrances in his path as he travels from the South of Iran to Teheran…Published on: -
Ayneh
Mina (the girl from Panahi’s first film The White Balloon) doesn’t know her way home. But in the end she decides to set off alone.…Published on: