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| The accompanying booklet designed by Sara Hessam Bakhtiari |
Almost one year since Abbas Kiarostami's untimely death, we celebrate the art of Iranian cinema's greatest poet by screening some of his rarely seen early films. Organised according to different themes or simply by period of production, this programme spans almost 20 years of filmmaking. It aims to reflect a journey from childhood (Bread and Alley) through adolescence (The Experience), eventually arriving at manhood and married life (The Report) – all depicted in incredibly vivid detail.
Early Kiarostami shows us an artist reframing the world and the relationships between individuals, demonstrating a uniquely creative involvement with actors – often amateurs and children – and producing philosophical works that reinvigorated the genres of documentary and narrative fiction, frequently blurring the lines between the two.
The programme concludes with Seifollah Samadian's moving documentary portrait, which captures Kiarostami both at work and in his daily life – and in which it becomes almost impossible to distinguish between them.
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Curator
| Beginnings and Journeys | Monday 05.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| The Report | Tuesday 06.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| Adolescence and Poverty | Wednesday 07.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| School Films | Tuesday 13.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| Political Allegories | Wednesday 14.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| Seconds | Thursday 15.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
| The Report | Monday 19.06.17 | 7:30 pm | Book |
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