Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies
- 1990
Close-Up
Close-Up7.9291990HD
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-kno...
- 2000
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'02000HD
The film and camera of Maysam Mkhamlbaf, Samira's brother follows her like an invisible eye. From her first subconscious presence as an actor, when sh...
- 2006
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution62006HD
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for film...
- 2023
Talking with Rivers
Talking with Rivers02023HD
Talking with Rivers is a conversation between Iran and Afghanistan, two neighbouring countries that used to be one land. The two countries are now sha...
- 2022
Jiseok
Jiseok02022HD
On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while on a bus...
- 1996
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait01996HD
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with th...
- 2002
Afghan Alphabet
Afghan Alphabet6.2142002HD
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
- 2024
Flash-Forward
Flash-Forward02024HD
A group of friends embark on a magical journey through amazing nature to meet a poet who has spent a lifetime in prison for his poems. It’s a journey...
- 2014
Daddy's School
Daddy's School02014HD
It is a story of a unique family in the world; A documentary on how a former political imprisoned revolutionary in a religious closed society like Ir...
- 1996
A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence7.71996HD
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decade...
- 2017
Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmen02017HD
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company a...
- 2013
Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island02013HD
Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal...
- 1995
Salaam Cinema
Salaam Cinema6.41995HD
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to...
- 2004
Joy of Madness
Joy of Madness5.82004HD
Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon),in Kabul, after the fall of the Tali...
- 2000
Tales of an Island
Tales of an Island4.22000HD
An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost)
- 2012
The Gardener
The Gardener5.22012HD
An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from all over...
- 2005
Cinema Iran
Cinema Iran5.52005HD
Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.
- 1997
Cinema Cinema
Cinema Cinema01997HD
This is a film about the making of Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Tehran and it’s eventual screening in Cannes Film Festival. Viewers are intro...