The wind will take me away

The poetry of the great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, linked to the CCCB through the exhibition project «Erice-Kiarostami. Correspondences» (2006), is intimately related to his film and photographic creations: it is the same poetic vision that runs through his entire oeuvre. His poems, published in Catalan for the first time in El vent se m'endurà (Karwan, 2022), like flashes of lightning reminiscent of haiku, evoke scenes from nature, everyday life and the rural world, and often pose moral or existential reflections. In this debate Jordi Balló, professor of audiovisual communication, Ryma Sheermohammadi, translator and cultural disseminator, and musician Iman Siuof will recall the figure of the filmmaker in a session moderated by the poet Esteve Plantada. The event will begin with a dialogue about the work of Kiarostami, followed by a reading of his poems accompanied by a musical improvisation with a santour.