Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband,...

An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force...

The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay...

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with...

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically...

Five men escape to a remote island in order to fight the Devil. Four of them give into the temptations provided by the Devil, and die. However the...

A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will...

A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...

In Iran-Iraq's war, a young scout joins the front-line to help his comrades single-handed.

Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.

Short film from omnibus 'Beautiful 2015,' commissioned for the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

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...

Three episodes, all with relatively similar plots about a love triangle between a woman and two men.

Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for...

On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while...

Serikpai and Amir grow up without a father, who once went to work in Russia, but never returned. They are waiting for him and hoping. Waiting for her...

An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from...

The QUARTERS is a film project that brings together four renowned directors from across the globe – Todd Solondz (Happiness, Welcome to the...