Persian filmfest to honor Iran director

The 2nd Sheed Persian Filmfest is to award winners with the Close-up award in memory of late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

The winners of the event will be presented with the new award this year to commemorate the late Iranian director.

Dedicated to the best film, best director and best actor and actress, the award is named after Kiarostami’s 1990 masterwork ‘Close-Up’.

Abbas Kiarostami, who died in July 2016, was an Iranian film director, whose ‘Taste of Cherry’ grabbed the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

Several prestigious festivals and film events have already honored the noted Iranian director as well as paying homage to Kiarostami by organizing retrospectives of his works.

He is mostly known as a screenwriter, film editor, art director and producer as well as a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer.

The cinematic works by the internationally acclaimed filmmaker have been hailed by various festivals around the world.

The Sheed festival will screen valuable Iranian movies produced during the recent years.

The festival is to be held on November 10-12, 2017 in the US state of Texas.

FM/AI