Rent 24 Frames (2017)

Synopsis:

For what would prove to be his final film, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami gave himself a challenge: to create a dialogue between his work as a filmmaker and his work as a photographer, bridging the two art forms to which he had dedicated his life. Setting out to reconstruct the moments immediately before and after a photograph is taken, Kiarostami selected twenty-four still images - most of them stark landscapes inhabited only by foraging birds and other wildlife - and digitally animated each one into its own subtly evolving four-and-a-half-minute vignette, creating a series of poignant studies in movement, perception, and time that is also a sustained meditation on the process of image making. '24 Frames' is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world cinema.

Actors:

Ahmad Kiarostami, Jamsheed Akrami, Godfrey Cheshire, Abbas Kiarostami, Salma Monshizadeh

Directors:

Abbas Kiarostami

Producers:

Abbas Kiarostami

Writers:

Abbas Kiarostami, Bilge Ebiri

Year:

2017

Genres:

Documentary, Special Interest

Countries:

Iran, New Releases, Documentary, Special Interest

DVD details

BBFC:

Classification is to be confirmed by the British Board of Film Classification

Release Date:

Not released

Run Time:

112 minutes

Blu-ray details

BBFC:

Parental Guidance - general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children

Release Date:

04/02/2019

Run Time:

114 minutes

Aspect Ratio:

Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9

Format:

NTSC

Colour:

Colour

Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English Hard of Hearing

Special features:

• New interview with director Abbas Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami, who helped finish the film after his father's death
• New conversation between film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire
• New short documentary about the making of the film by Abbas Kiarostami collaborator Salma Monshizadeh
• Trailer
• An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri