The Wind Will Carry Us
This end-of-year cycle invites audiences to discover select 35mm prints from in our collection, creating dynamic contrasts in eras, styles, and cultures from one film to the next.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize, 1999 Venice International Film Festival
Three foreigners from Teheran settle in a remote village in Iranian Kurdistan. The purpose of their mission is unclear: they claim to have come in search of a treasure, but seem more concerned about the condition of an elderly woman about to pass away...
Abbas Kiarotami
Born in Tehran in 1940, Abbas Kiarostami initially focused on graphic arts before turning to cinema. In 1969, he founded the cinema department of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he directed his first short films. His early feature films explore themes of childhood, most notably Where Is the Friend's House? (1987), the first part of the Koker Trilogy, which also includes And Life Goes On (1991) and Through the Olive Trees (1994). With Close-Up (1990), Kiarostami delivered a modern Iranian masterpiece, blurring the lines between documentary and fiction. A celebrated filmmaker, he won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for Taste of Cherry (1997) and the Grand Jury Prize at Venice for The Wind Will Carry Us (1999). In addition to his filmmaking, Kiarostami is a poet, photographer, and director of theater and opera, cementing his status as a complete artist.
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