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Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Mohsen Mäxmälbaf, born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.
Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave movement of Iranian cinema. Time magazine selected Makhmalbaf's 2001 film, Kandahar, as one of top 100 films of all time. In 2006, he was a member of the Jury at the Venice film festival.
Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 shortly after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and now lives in Paris. As of June 12, 2009, and following the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has claimed that he has been appointed the official spokesman of Mir-Hossein Moussavi's campaign abroad.
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The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, ...
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The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (...
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Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. Howev...
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A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he ...
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Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This...
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The film and camera of Maysam Mkhamlbaf, Samira's brother follows her like an invisible eye. From he...
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A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A gi...
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Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and ...
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An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is L...
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Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life a...
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Recent movies
# | Name | Character | Rating | |
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1 | Two-Legged Horse (2009) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
2 | Joy of Madness (2004) | Himself | 4 | |
3 | At Five in the Afternoon (2003) | Director / Writer | 5.5 | |
4 | Afghan Alphabet (2002) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
5 | Kandahar (2001) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
6 | How Samira Made 'Blackboards' (2000) | - | 6 | |
7 | The Day I Became a Woman (2000) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
8 | Blackboards (2000) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
9 | Tales of an Island (2000) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
10 | The Silence (1998) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
11 | The Apple (1998) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
12 | A Moment of Innocence (1996) | Director / Writer | 7.7 | |
13 | Gabbeh (1996) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
14 | Opening Day of Close-Up (1996) | Himself (archive footage) | 1 | |
15 | Salaam Cinema (1995) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
16 | The Actor (1993) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
17 | Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
18 | Time of Love (1991) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
19 | Close-Up (1990) | Self | 6.2 | |
20 | The Cyclist (1989) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
21 | Marriage of the Blessed (1989) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
22 | The Peddler (1987) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
23 | Boycott (1986) | Director / Writer | 7 |