Abbas Kiarostami

A prominent international film industry and review website lists Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi as one of the 25 best in the 1990s for his brilliant performance in award-winning Iranian movie ‘Taste of Cherry.’

The Centre Pompidou, a centre of culture and arts in Paris, is to hold a program to display and review the works of late renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

The world's leading provider of online entertainment service Netflix is going to offer the remastered versions of a number of movies directed by late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.

A photo exhibition entitled “Black and White” has opened at Tehran’s E1 Gallery to display the artworks by a number of acclaimed artists including Andy Warhol and Abbas Kiarostami.

The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, plans to commemorate the late legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by screening a number of his movies.

An Iranian health official attributed the cause of death of celebrated film director Abbas Kiarostami to “meningeal hemorrhage” due to a blood thinner medicine he was given when he was hospitalized in France.

The late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will be commemorated at this year’s Hong Kong edition of Art Basel, a massive Swiss art fair and one of the premier events of the international art world.

A number of photographs taken by the internationally-acclaimed filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who recently died in Paris, have been put on display since July 15...

Many cinematic figures and officials, along with people from different walks of life, took part in the funeral procession for Iran’s late Palme d'Or-winning...

Celebrated Iranian film director, Abbas Kiarostami, was laid to rest after a funeral service held in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday with a large number of Iranian people and actors in attendance.

Alireza Tabesh, the Managing Director of Farabi Cinema Foundation, offered his condolences over the death of Abbas Kiarostami, the renowned Iranian filmmaker, and described him as a brilliant figure in cinema who had a humanistic and ethical approach in his works.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered condolences over the death of the country’s award-winning film director Abbas Kiarostami, hailing his works as valuable contributions to promotion of “peace” and “friendship” in the world.

Head of Iranian House of Cinema has departed for Paris to organize transfer of Kiarostami’s body to his homeland.

Minister of culture and Islamic guidance expressed condolences over demise of great Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, saying Kiarostami gave a new meaning to cinema.

Internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has passed away in France where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.

As part of its effort to increase diversity among its ranks, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, or The Oscars, issued 683 invitations to new members - from rising stars like Harry Potter’s Emma Watson to internationally recognized directors like Britain’s Ken Loach and Iran’s Abbas Kiarostami.

Eight years ago Kiarostami broke the record for the most expensive photo in the Middle East with a snowy scene. Although he is known to the world for his unique cinema and varied movies, he manages to expose a different side of himself through his photography.

A retrospective of works by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will be held at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro from April 13 until May 9, the Rio Times reported on Friday.

Abbas Kiarostami, a famed Iranian filmmaker, is told by those fighting on battlefields about what happened during the Iraq-Iran war which touched the lives of so many people.