Stars: Edward Neumeier, Mercedes McCambridge, Sam Neill, Hark Tsui, Amitabh Bachchan
A comprehensive history of the artistic medium of moving images, i.e. cinema...
Stars: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah
Due to his resemblance to Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossein Sabzian introduces himself to the Ahankhah family as Makhmalbaf and enters their house under the pretext of making a film. Sometimes they rehearse the scenes of the film, which should be made...
Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Iraj Safavi
In this documentary, Kiarostami asks some students questions about their homework. The answer of some students illuminates the dark corners of this educational method...
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Bong Joon Ho, John Woo
Seven prominent filmmakers from Europe, Asia and America talk about Akira Kurosawa and talk about his influence on their works.
Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Seifollah Samadian
Abbas Kiarostami and his assistant Saifullah Samadian are going to Uganda to make a documentary film about AIDS and African children suffering from this disease.
Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Naser Taghvai, Esmail Nooriala, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Bahram Beyzaie
A documentary about the most important modern poet and Iranian thinker style....
Stars: Abbas Kiarostami
Roads of Kiarostami is a short Iranian documentary film produced in 2004 directed by Abbas Kiarostami. This film, which is also known as Roads, is a combination of images, poetry and music, made with Disalow photos or black and white films. The final image of the film includes a massive explosion that ends all works of life. Kiarostami made this film based on some pieces of the collection of photos called "Roads" that he took over the years while passing through various roads. Before making the film, the collection of road photos were exhibited in various domestic and foreign exhibitions. Kiarostami considered this documentary a good cinematic experience, which was made with complete trust in the actor who had the key to the camera. Roads has been screened exclusively in Iran and also in several foreign festivals.
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Abbas Kiarostami, Amir Abbas, Reza Hachemi
A documentary that examines the film "Child" by "Charlie Chaplin" and after narrating the problems of making this film, "Abbas Kiarostami" talks about the strong effects of this film on his works, such as "Bread and Alley" and "The Wind Will Blow Us Away".
Stars: Akira Kurosawa, Sidney Lumet, James Franco, Mike Leigh, Robert Altman
A look beyond mainstream Hollywood to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde cinema, featuring clips from hundreds of films and the voices of filmmakers answering captioned questions.
