Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 – Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018

07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
US/Central

24 Frames is a contemplative photo-film essay started by filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and, after his death in 2016, completed by his son Ahmad. The film comprises short vignettes based on photographs Abbas Kiarostami took over 40 years.

Upon the film’s premiere at Cannes, Barbara Scharres wrote on rogerebert.com: “These sequences are breathtaking in the beauty of the photography, and startling in the acuteness and vibrant curiosity of the vision. Each is a mini-drama evolving in its own time. Kiarostami’s love of snowy landscapes, the sea, the forces of nature, and his fascination with the unsentimental drama of the animal world bring home the intelligence and patient vision of the artist behind the camera.”

Houston’s Iranian Film Festival has shown many Kiarostami films, from the groundbreaking early feature Where Is the Friend’s Home? to international successes such as Through the Olive Trees, Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, and Certified Copy.

“24 Frames is an exquisite reverie on scenes from nature. Through still, but precise frames, and aided by subtle staging or effects, he captures the haunting, haiku-like poetry of nature, its beauty, amorousness and brutality. The play with the double meaning of ‘frame’ reflects his profound mediation on the cinematic form.” —Variety

• Read an interview with Ahmad Kiarostami.

• Want to see more of the Iranian Film Festival? Rice Cinema and Asia Society Texas Center also host screenings.