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See details of our Abbas Kiarostami retrospective, alongside our full day of screenings for UNMASCED, in partnership with GAZE International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
The most acclaimed and influential of Iran’s major filmmakers, Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran on June 22nd, 1940. His films are characterised by a poetic and contemplative style that often blurs the boundaries between fiction and documentary whilst capturing the beauty of simplicity in both narrative and visuals. The Koker Trilogy (Where is the Friend’s House?, And Life Goes On, Through the Olive Trees), named after the village where much of their action was filmed, introduced Kiarostami to the world. Close-up (1990) has been voted the best Iranian film ever made by international critics. Taste of Cherry (1997) became the first Iranian film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes; the film was one of several by the director to be banned in Iran while enjoying international success. His final film of this remarkable period, The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In the new century, Kiarostami broadened his creative focus, devoting more time to photography, installation art, poetry, and teaching, and embraced low-budget digital filmmaking. Beginning at the end of the decade, he went abroad to make two features: Certified Copy (2010), starring Juliette Binoche, in Italy, and Like Someone in Love (2012) in Japan. At the time of his death in 2016, he was preparing a movie to be made in China. All season notes by David O’Mahony, unless otherwise stated.
GAZE PRESENTS: UNMASCED - A Celebration of Lesbian and Trans-Masc Visibility in Cinema in partnership with the Irish Film Institute. GAZE International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in partnership with the Irish Film Institute presents UNMASCED, a celebration of lesbian and trans-masc visibility in cinema. The day-long event will showcase queer lives through two captivating documentaries and a selection of incredible short films spanning genres, continents and decades. The programme includes: 13.30 - Outitude (2018) - A multi-award winning documentary which charts the richness of lesbian grass-roots activism, collectives, community, academia and politics across the island of Ireland from the 1970’s to the present day. 15.30 - Scannáin Sapphic - A selection of Irish sapphic shorts from the GAZE archive. 18.15 - Butches and Boys - An eclectic international shorts programme platforming the stories of butches, studs, mascs and trans mascs. 20.30 - Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later (2023) - A revisiting of four subjects from the groundbreaking 2005 documentary The Aggressives, which centres masculine-presenting people of colour assigned female at birth. Multi-film bundle: 4 films for €45 - available at IFI Box Office (in-person or via phone 01 679 3477). GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival takes place from August 1st - 5th, 2024 | www.gaze.ie | #UNMASCED
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:45
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SPRING FORWARD (PROGRAMME 1) 13.20
BALTIMORE 13:30
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
FROM THE VAULTS: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: THE ART OF LIVING 18.30
IO CAPITANO 15:50
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 18:10
ON THE WATERFRONT 70TH ANNIVERSARY 13:40
PERFECT DAYS 20:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 17:15
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.00 (OC)
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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