kiarostami later said that he abandoned nonfiction filmmaking thanks to two experiences : the repression of workers ' 71 , whom caused him to doubt whether truth couldn be told properly under an authoritarian regime , and an incident during the shooting of station ( 1981 ) in what some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal proceeding . he believed that fiction not only allowed more technical freedom , but could portray everyday living more authoritatively .
Kieslowski is a director.