Movies

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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