Word: kiarostami
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...assisted Kiarostami in the visa procedure by extending an official invitation, said HFA Assistant Curator Steffen Pierce...
...Kiarostami, who received the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor in 1997, had planned to premiere the film at a sold-out opening at Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival Sept. 29 and introduce it in person at the Harvard Film Archive...
...Though Kiarostami knew the background checks could not be completed in time for the debut, he had assumed that because he frequently travels to the U.S., there would be no problem with getting his visa in time, said Graham Leggat, communications director for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which runs the film festival...
...June, the film festival invited Kiarostami to debut the film...
...done before other U.S. visits, including a May 2000 interview at the HFA, Kiarostami waited until a few weeks before the conference to travel to Paris and apply for a visa at the U.S. Embassy...