Late director Kiarostami to be honored at Fajr Int’l filmfest

The 35th Fajr International Film Festival is slated to pay tribute to late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.

According to the festival’s public relations office, the upcoming edition of Iran’s major annual film event will pay homage to Kiarostami at a special ceremony titled ‘Here is the Friend’s Home’.

The title refers to Kiarostami’s acclaimed movie ‘Where Is the Friend’s Home?’ which won the Bronze Leopard at the 1989 Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland.

Kiarostami was also an accomplished photographer and painter. His last film was ‘Like Someone in Love’ (2012), a romantic drama set in Japan, which was nominated for a Palme d’Or at Cannes.

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

Abbas Kiarostami has won many awards including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival in 1997 for his film ‘Taste of Cherry’.

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 veteran Iranian filmmaker was also honored at this year’s Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.

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