THE BIRTH OF LIGHT

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran in 1940. As a child he showed an unusual talent for drawing, and won various prizes. In 1958 he left home and began working as a graphic artist, creating the opening credits for numerous films. He later attended the Academy of Fine Arts and, in 1968, he founded the department of cinema at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young People. In 1970 he began directing short and full-length films. His film, Dov'è la casa del mio amico? (1987), made him world-famous. In 1997 he won the Golden Palm at Cannes with Il gusto della ciliegia and in 1999, the Special Jury's Grand Prize in Venice with Il vento ci porterà via.

FILMOGRAFIA

Nan va koutcheh (Bread and Alley, cm, 1970), Zang e tafrih (Breaktime, cm, 1972), Tadjirobeh (The Experience, cm, 1973), Mossafer (The Traveller, 1974), Guozarech (The Report, 1974), Dow rahe hal baraye yek massaleh (Two Solutions for One Problem, cm, 1975), Man ham mitonam (So Can I, cm, 1975), Lebassi baraye arossi (The Wedding Suit, cm, 1976), Rang ha (The Colours, cm, 1976), Rah hal yek (Solution, cm, 1978), Ghazieh shekle aval, Ghazieh shekle douwom (First Case, Second Case, cm, 1979), Behdasht Dandan (Dental Hygiene, cm, 1980), Betartib va bedone tartib (Regularly of Irregularly, cm, 1981), Hamsarayan (The Chorus, cm, 1982), Hamshahri (Fellow Citizen, cm, 1983), Avali ha (First Graders, 1984), Kaneh-ye doust kojast? (Dov'è la casa del mio amico? , 1987), Mashgh e shab (Homework, 1990), Nema-ye nazdik (Close-Up, 1990), Zendegi edamèd rad (E la vita continua, 1992), Zir e Darakhtan e zeyton (Sotto gli ulivi, 1994), Tamie Guilass (Il gusto della ciliegia, 1997), Bad mara khahad bord (Il vento ci porterà via, 1999), ABC Africa (2001), Dieci (2002), Ten on Ten (2004), Five (2004).