Abbas Kiarostami

During his six decades of professional activity, Abbas Kiarostami experienced and discovered the boundaries between reality and story, as well as praised life and nature. ... Read full biography

  1. 1940Born in Tehran, Iran
  2. 1969Founded the film department at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon-e Parvaresh-e Fekri-e Koodakan va Nojavanan)
  3. 1992Awarded the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes
  4. 1993Francois Truffaut Award
  5. 1995Show of photography, Case Rusca, Museum of Fine Arts, 48th Int. Film Festival of Locamo, Switzerland
  6. 1996Legion de Honour by France
  7. 1999Mount Pooley Cinema Award
  8. 2000Akira Kurosawa Award
  9. 2003Honorary doctorate, École Normale Supérieure
  10. 2005Gold Leopard of Honor, Locarno Film Festival
  11. 2005Yerevan International Film Festival Award
  12. 2007Selected as a World's Great Master, Kolkata Film Festival
  13. 2019Solo show, "Travel to The Morning", E1 Gallery, Tehran
  14. 2019Solo show, "Painting Show", Golestan Gallery, Tehran
  15. 2020Group show, "Far", Emkan Gallery, Tehran
  16. 2021Group show, "Souvenir", Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
  1. 1940Born in Tehran, Iran
  2. 2019Solo show, "Travel to The Morning", E1 Gallery, Tehran
  3. 2019Solo show, "Painting Show", Golestan Gallery, Tehran
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