Author Alborz Mahboobkhah

Alborz Mahboobkhah

Alborz Mahboobkhah is a film critic and co-founder of Vitascope, a Persian-language film journal publishing essays, translations, and video essays. A PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin, he researches French Post-New Wave cinema, especially Philippe Garrel’s films. He translated Serge Daney’s Postcards from the Cinema into Farsi.

Kiarostami’s Way: The Art of Return

Alborz Mahboobkhah

May 2025

Feature Articles

Abbas Kiarostami was not the first Iranian filmmaker to gain global recognition, but he was the first internationally renowned Iranian auteur. The reasons for his acclaim may differ within and beyond Iran,...