TRIBUTE TO MAHMOUD KALARI

The most well-known makers of films are of course directors and actors. But some technicians play a crucial part. Sometimes, they are great artists in their own right, yet unfortunately they are often considered just as supporting actors in the making of films, because the star system is more interested in emphasizing actors and actresses, and sometimes directors.
We think it is important to occasionally shed some light in our programme on major directors of photography. In 1990, we paid tribute to Gabriel Figueroa (Mexico), one of the greatest directors of photography of world cinema. We thought Mahmoud Kalari also deserved such a tribute both as a photographer (apart from the films he shot, an exhibition of his photos will also be put together during the festival) and a director of photography of one of the most interesting cinemas of the present time - Iranian cinema.
Those who will attend the Nantes festival this year will be able to enjoy his work in Abbas Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us, Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Gabbeh and many others, as well as the only film he has made as a director to this day, The Cloud and the Rising Sun (1999). He is currently developing his second film as director.

O Iran (O Iran) by Nasser TAQVAI
1990 - 111 mn

Reyhaneh (Reyhaneh) by Ali Reza RAISSIAN
1990 - 85 mn

Goruhban (The sergeant) by Masud KIMIA’IE
1991 - 95 mn

Delshodegan (Love Stricken) by Ali HATAMI
1992 - 120 mn

Az Karkheh ta Rhein (From Karkeh to Rhine) by Ebrahim HATAMIKIA
1993 - 90   mn

Sara (Sara) by Dariush MEHRJUI
1993 - 100 mn

Gabbe (Gabbeh) by Mohsen MAKHMALBAF
1996 - 75 mn

Bâd Mara Khâhad Bord (The Wind will Carry Us) by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
1999 - 118 mn

The Cloud and the Rising Sun (The Cloud and the Rising Sun) by Mahmoud KALARI
1999 - 90 mn

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (Smell of Camphot, Fragnance of jasmine) by Bahman FARMANARA
2000