Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami

The CAC Friday Cinema is hosting a film festival to pay homage to the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away on 4 July. Titled  as ‘Homage to Abbas Kiarostami’, the festival will take place on every Friday of August.  The festival will have four films —The Wind Will Carry Us, Certified Copy, Through the Olive Trees, and Close-Up — directed by Abbas.

The Wind Will Carry Us that narrates the story a city engineer Behzad who comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative, will show on August 5. The second Friday (August 12) will have Certified Copy, which talks about the book written by James Miller (the character) and  his relationship with a woman he meets during a book reading session.

The third film in the line is Through the Olive Trees. This movie focuses on one of the events in life and explores the relationship between the movie director and actors. Through the Olive Trees will be screened on August 19.

The festival will conclude with Abbas’ 1998 film Close-Up, which will be shown on  August 26. Close-Up is about the character Hossain Sabzian, who pretends to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a filmmaker. He enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran, promising them that it would make a prominent part in the movie. The actual people involved in the incident re-enact the actual events. It is followed by the footage from the actual trial that took place. Every Friday, the show will begin at 6.30 pm at CAC auditorium. Entry is free.