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." ...