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Abbas Kiarostami remembered at Oscars ceremony

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February 27, 2017 at 07:23AM

The late Iranian director has been commemorated in the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam montage

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Abbas Kiarostami, the veteran Iranian film-maker, has been remembered at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. Kiarostami, widely felt to be one of the most important directors of the past 20 years, was behind such classics as Close-Up, Taste of Cherry and The Wind Will Carry Us.

The winner of more than 70 awards – including the Palme d’Or at Cannes – he was never nominated for an Oscar.

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