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24 Frames

Name: 24 Frames
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Released: 2018
Duration: 114 min

Representation Score

5.4/10

Fair

2018

Not Rated

Director

Abbas Kiarostami

Runtime

114 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Abbas Kiarostami’s posthumous project disrupts conventional cinema by prioritizing subjective experience and visual poetry over traditional social hierarchies. It avoids Western narrative norms and instead focuses on visual aesthetics and minimalism to explore existence outside standard dramatic clichés. While the film does not provide explicit character-driven engagement with LGBTQ+ identities or physical/neurodivergent identities, it challenges Western storytelling traditions through its unique visual language.

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Category Breakdown

Does 24 Frames have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on visual meditations rather than character-driven narratives, so there is no clear depiction of sexual orientation or gender identity.

How does 24 Frames portray gender?

Fair

By emphasizing visual texture over conventional plot, the film avoids reinforcing typical gender hierarchies. However, the lack of sustained character interactions prevents a direct challenge to gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is 24 Frames?

Good

With an Iranian director's perspective, the film presents a visual style that deviates from Western norms, offering a unique visual language.

How does 24 Frames represent religion and culture?

Good

The film rejects Western moral teachings by minimizing dialogue and traditional plot structures, promoting a form of visual secularism where truth is situational and fragmented.

Does 24 Frames include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no documented evidence of the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent identities in these experimental segments.

Present on Screen

Challenges Western cinematic norms through a non-Western aesthetic lens.
Avoids reinforcing typical gender hierarchies by focusing on visual texture.
Rejects didactic Western moral frameworks through a fragmented, postmodern narrative structure.

Limited or Absent

Does not provide enough character-driven ability to act to explicitly address LGBTQ+ identities.
Does not offer sufficient evidence for the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent identities.
Does not actively subvert gender roles due to a lack of sustained character interactions.

Official Synopsis

A collection of 24 short four-and-a-half minutes films inspired by still images, including paintings and photographs. An experimental project made by filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in the last three years of his life.

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