Iran to screen late director last work

Abbas Kiarostami's last film '24 Frames' is scheduled to be screened at Art and Experience cinema in Tehran.

Kiarostami’s ‘24 Frames’ is a response to the paintings and photographs that inspired him, prompted by the desire to hold the frame steady so as to watch each image come to life, and each drama to play on.

It is austerely experimental and demands tolerance as well as engagement to grab something rich and strange in the man’s unconscious mind.

Audaciously, and posthumously, the director has even found a way to make a bonus of his hated cinema seats. Kiarostami has gone, but the work lives on.

The late writer-director has been widely hailed as a pioneer of the Iranian New Wave.

Kiarostami was a multitalented artist and an exceptional man who joyfully embraced life. He was winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival in 1997 for his film ‘Taste of Cherry’, passing away on July 4, 2016.

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 veteran Iranian filmmaker who passed away on July 4, 2016, following a heart attack at the age of 76, was honored at several film events around the world.

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