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TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will hold a series of workshops in Barcelona during March.
Entitled “Filming in Barcelona with Abbas Kiarostami”, the workshops will be held from February 27 to March 10.
Fifty students will make 50 short films inspired by the city of Barcelona under Kiarostami’s supervision.
Organized by Spain’s Cinema Black Factory, the workshops aim to develop the creativity of novice cineastes.
A retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami’s films will be held on the sidelines of the program at the Film Archive of Catalonia (Filmoteca de Catalunya) in Barcelona.
Kiarostami has made more than 20 films, including fiction features, educational shorts, feature-length documentaries and a series of films for television.
He was awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for his film “Taste of Cherry”.
He has directed “Certified Copy” (2010) and “Like Someone in Love” (2012) outside of Iran. Juliette Binoche received the Palme d’Or for Best Actress at Cannes for her role in the film “Certified Copy”. His Japanese-language film “Like Someone in Love” (2012) was shot in Tokyo.
Kiarostami is also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator and graphic designer.
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