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Four cinephiles discuss UW Cinematheque’s four-part series on Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

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September 19, 2019
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Four cinephiles discuss UW Cinematheque’s four-part series on Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

The programming this fall at UW Cinematheque includes a series on the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. It kicks off on Friday, September 20 with the documentary Homework and continues over the next three Fridays with a trilogy of films released in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s known as the Koker Trilogy: Where Is The Friend’s House on September 27, And Life Goes On on October 4, and Through The Olive Trees on October 11.

Tone Madison contributors Grant Phipps and Jason Fuhrman sat down with two special guests this week to get a deeper perspective on Kiarostami’s work. Hamidreza Nassiri is a graduate student in film at UW-Madison and the organizer of the Iranian FIlm Festival on Campus. Nassiri is also a filmmaker himself who grew up in Iran. James Kreul has been writing about film and programming film around town for years, most recently curating the Mills Folly Microcinema series at Arts + Literature Laboratory and covering local film events for Isthmus.

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Grant Phipps

A Madison transplant, Grant has been writing about contemporary and repertory cinema since contributing to No Ripcord and LakeFrontRow; and he served as Tone Madison‘s film section editor for a handful of years before officially assuming an arts editor role in 2026. More recently, Grant has been involved with programming at Mills Folly Microcinema and one-off screenings at the Bartell Theatre. From mid-2016 thru early-2020, he also showcased his affinity for art songs and avant-progressive music on WSUM 91.7 FM. 🌱

Jason Fuhrman

An avid cinephile who remains immersed in the the rich film community of Madison, Jason Fuhrman previously contributed to Madison Film Forum. Since 2013, he has been the curator of the eclectic Cinesthesia film series at the Madison Public Library, a monthly program of alternative classic and contemporary movies.

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