In memory of Kiarostami, the new experimental work '24 Frames' appeared as a special screening at the 70th Anniversary Events of Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday morning..

Kiarostami, the winner of the 1997 Palme d'Or for 'Taste of Cherry', died on July 4, 2016.

The session, which took place on Tuesday, was attended by his friends and his son Ahmad Kiarostami.

An article by Nicolas Rapolda on nytimes.com said '24 Frames' is among a few films, in various categories, that is expected to attract attention at Cannes Film Festival this week.

When Kiarostami died last July, cinema lost one of its contemporary masters and true originals. His final work, reportedly completed before his death, began with some photographs he took over the years.

Kiarostami once gave the following description of the film: "Each of these frames is in essence four minutes and 30 seconds of what I imagine to have transpired before and after a single image."

'24 Frames' is a collection of four-and-half-minute films that takes inspiration from still images, including paintings and his own photographs.

Kiarostami was one of the greatest directors who was able to extract the essence of the human soul throughout his career, leaving behind a number of essential films. For his last work, he directed the experimental project24 Frames, the Film Stage said.

First 20 films undergo restoration

The first 20 films made by Kiarostami, who is also best remembered for the 'Koker' trilogy, 'Close-Up' and 'The Wind Will Carry Us', have been restored in 4K by MK2 Films, firstpost.com reported.

MK2 Films has acquired all the rights to these movies, some of which include 'The Traveler' and 'Where is the Friend's Home?'. Since 1999, MK2 has produced all of Kiarostami's films, and was collaborating with him on the last film he was working on before his death.

In an interview to The Guardian, his friend and fellow Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi said, "Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He changed the world's cinema; he freshened it and humanized it in contrast with Hollywood's rough version."

Interestingly, Kiarostami began his career as a painter and then a graphic designer. His film career began only in 1969 and he later began shooting films abroad.

He died on July 4, 2016 in Paris, where he flew to for treatment for gastrointestinal cancer, which was diagnosed in March 2016.

Source: Iran Daily