The internationally renowned Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami has been honored at the 2014 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey.Kiarostami was awarded with Life Achievement Prize in Art at the Turkish festival.
Irans leading filmmaker attended the years festival to hold advanced filmmaking workshops.
Born in 1940, Kiarostami has received very positive reviews and acclaim from international critics for his diverse works of art such as painting, photography, Poetry and filmmaking.
He has also garnered many prestigious awards, including the 1997 Cannes Golden Palm award and the 2008 Glory to the Filmmaker award of the Venice Film Festival.
The veteran filmmaker was also hailed by Japanese government for its valuable works and activities in promoting Japanese culture in the world and developing cultural relations between two countries of Iran and Japan.
Kiarostami presided over the Cinfondation and Short Films jury panel at the
2014 Cannes Film Festival.
One of the most admired contemporary auteurs of cinema, Abbas Kiarostami is an inspiration for emerging as well as established filmmakers. His approach to filmmaking, which often defies conventional techniques, is much discussed and often emulated," the head of Film Programming at Doha Film Institute Ludmila Cvikova had earlier commented.
Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, And Life goes On,Through the Olive Trees, Like Someone in LoveandWhere is the Friends Homeare some of his better known films.
The 51st Golden Orange Film Festival took place from October 10 to 18, 2014.
Oscar winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi was invited to the 50th Golden Orange film festival as the honorable guest.
The Golden Orange international film festival is annually held in the Turkish city of Antalya.
By Press TV
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