Abbas Kiarostami Articles

William Shimell, Juliette Binoche in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy "Please can you explain to me what the secret of this actress is meant to be? I would really like to know why she has been so esteemed for so many years. She has nothing. Absolutely nothing!" "She is nothing. Compared with her, Isabelle Adjani is great even if she’s totally nuts. Or Fanny Ardant – [...]

Juliette Binoche, William Shimell in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy (top); Javier Bardem in Alejandro González-Inarritu’s Biutiful (middle); Elio Germano in Daniele Luchetti’s Our Life (bottom) UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES Wins Palme d’Or Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem, both of whom have already received Academy Awards in the past, took home the acting awards for their performances in, respectively, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified [...]

Juliette Binoche, William Shimell in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy "The fact that a filmmaker has been imprisoned is itself intolerable. If the Iranian government continues to refuse to release Jafar, then we need explanations. Jafar Panahi was inclined to make his films under clandestine, illegal circumstances, but that’s not his responsibility alone. The responsibility is that of the authorities who prevent him from carrying out [...]

2005 Berlin Film Festival Out of Competition Line-Up Heights, United States, director Chris Terrio Hitch, United States, director Andy Tennant Hotel Rwanda, Canada / Britain / Italy / South Africa, director Terry George Kinsey, United States / Germany / Britain, director Bill Condon Tickets, Italy / Britain, directors Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach