In August, ProaCine presents a series of films dedicated to the iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. For three consecutive Sundays, a fiction, a discussion and a mediometraje where the author displays his most poetic, philosophical and cinephile profile, and unmistakable style that established him as a figure of international independent cinema. In addition to the premiere in a new digitized Shirin version,  the mediometraje Roads of Kiarostami is presented for first time in Spanish dialogue between Kiarostami with the director of the Cinémathèque Suisse, Frédéric Maire.

FUNCTIONS

Sundays 17, 24 and 31 August - 

16 pm. 
Roads of Kiarostami (2006 32`)
Dialogue in the Swiss Cinematheque (2012, 45 ‘)

18 pm.
Shirin (2008 92`)

For admissions: auditorio@proa.org / 4104-1001

Press Kit

ROADS TO KIAROSTAMI (2006, 32`)

In this short experimental film, which Kiarostami made en passant as it were, it looks as if the master wanted to take a philosophical break, in order to catch his breath. He has put together the elements from his own culture that he admires: photography, poetry, classical music and film. Leitmotif is the road, in a literal and metaphorical sense.
(http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/roads-of-kiarostami/)

DIÁLOGO EN LA CINEMATECA SUIZA (2012, 45`)

SHIRIN (2008, 95`)

In 2008, Kiarostami directed the feature Shirin which features close-ups of many notable Iranian actresses and French actress Juliette Binoche as they watch a film based on a part mythological Persian romance tale of Khosrow and Shirin with themes of female self-sacrifice. The film has been described as “a compelling exploration of the relationship between image, sound and female spectatorship.” The film depicts the audience’s emotional involvement with the story. The story is read between the tragic and kitsch by a cast of narrators led by Manoucher Esmaieli and is accompanied by a historical “film score” by Morteza Hananeh and Hossein Dehlavi.

Acknowledgement: Cinémathèque Suisse, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena y  Festival Internacional de Cine de Hong Kong

Tags: Abbas Kiarostami, ProaCine, Roads to Kiarostami, Shirin