Winner of the 56th Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s 14th feature ventures into a Kurdish village to find out what living truly means. When a journalist posing as a city engineer attempts to document a village’s funeral rituals, an old woman’s stubborn refusal to die throws his plans in a new direction. AFS once again partners with Alienated Majesty Books for this screening, pairing the drama with discussion of Godfrey Cheshire’s Conversations With Kiarostami and a pop-up shop. – James Scott
