Samira Makhmalbaf

Samira Makhmalbaf Trailers

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Samira Makhmalbaf (born February 15, 1980) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. She is considered to be one of the most influential directors as part of the Iranian New Wave.

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Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait Trailer (1996)

19 October 1996

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 controversial artist's personae.

Cinema Iran Trailer (2005)

04 May 2005

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

How Samira Made 'Blackboards' Trailer (2000)

07 September 2000

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 she was one months old and crying in her mothers arms, while acting in a feature movie made by his father up to her first conscious appearance as an 8 year old child actor in the movie Cyclist made by his father in Pakistan.

Joy of Madness Trailer (2004)

15 July 2004

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 Taliban regime.

September 11 Trailer (2002)

04 September 2002

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

Blackboards Trailer (2000)

01 September 2000

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

The Silence Trailer (1998)

06 September 1998

Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.

The Apple Trailer (1998)

27 May 1998

After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.

Afghan Alphabet Trailer (2002)

06 March 2002

Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.

Iran Trailer (2002)

04 September 2002

Iranian Samira Makhmalbaf short for 11′09″01 September 11 The news of the September 11, 2001 attacks reaches an Afghan refugee camp, where bricks are produced to build new shelters, in view of the attacks promised by the United States.

The Actor Trailer (1993)

10 August 1993

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

The Cyclist Trailer (1989)

01 February 1989

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 enough.

Daddy's School Trailer (2014)

02 October 2014

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 Iran, turned his house in to an open Film School and pave to way for his family to became world class film maker and top International award winners , including Cannes Venice , Berlin, San Sebastian , Locarno and many.

At Five in the Afternoon Trailer (2003)

20 August 2003

Nogreh is a young Afghan woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing.

Homo Cinematographicus Trailer (1998)

01 June 1998

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television.

Two-Legged Horse Trailer (2009)

06 May 2009

A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.