Samira Makhmalbaf Movies

  • 2002
    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    6.52002HD

    Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...

    11’09”01—September 11
  • 2000
    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    6.62000HD

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

    Blackboards
  • 1998
    The Silence

    The Silence

    The Silence

    6.41998HD

    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...

    The Silence
  • 1998
    The Apple

    The Apple

    The Apple

    6.31998HD

    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...

    The Apple
  • 1998
    Homo Cinematographicus

    Homo Cinematographicus

    Homo Cinematographicus

    01998HD

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

    Homo Cinematographicus
  • 2004
    Joy of Madness

    Joy of Madness

    Joy of Madness

    5.82004HD

    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...

    Joy of Madness
  • 1989
    The Cyclist

    The Cyclist

    The Cyclist

    6.61989HD

    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...

    The Cyclist
  • 2003
    At Five in the Afternoon

    At Five in the Afternoon

    At Five in the Afternoon

    6.42003HD

    Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of...

    At Five in the Afternoon
  • 2002
    Afghan Alphabet

    Afghan Alphabet

    Afghan Alphabet

    6.2142002HD

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

    Afghan Alphabet
  • 2009
    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    5.62009HD

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

    Two-Legged Horse
  • 1996
    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

    01996HD

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

    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
  • 1993
    The Actor

    The Actor

    The Actor

    5.31993HD

    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 Actor
  • 2005
    Cinema Iran

    Cinema Iran

    Cinema Iran

    5.52005HD

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

    Cinema Iran
  • 2000
    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    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...

    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
  • 2014
    Daddy's School

    Daddy's School

    Daddy's School

    02014HD

    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...

    Daddy's School
  • 2002
    Iran

    Iran

    Iran

    02002HD

    Iranian Samira Makhmalbaf short for 11′09″01 September 11 The news of the September 11, 2001 attacks reaches an Afghan refugee camp,...

    Iran