Below are several accounts: Armen Sarvar (Iran/Armenia): “The first time Kiarostami started speaking ... At the end of the workshop, Abbas reminded us kindly, “you have now made a short film in ten ...

He's in his early 30s, handsome, and married to a beautiful, 10-years-younger veterinarian ... The comparisons to Abbas Kiarostami come in the self-aware formalism of "The Things You Kill." ...

The legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami once wryly remarked that he prefers “the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater.” Frequently taken out of context, Kiarostami ...