Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to...

A military commander is about to launch a major war that will result in the destruction of thousands of people. A few minutes before the operation,...

Les Vanarrates tells the story of those old men and women who dwell alone in cold relationships and die in the summer heat of Paris.

The silence of this sleepy little town is soon disturbed when the residents begin to receive threatening phone calls. No one knows who is making...

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

A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades...

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in...

The story is about an immigrant Iranian news anchor who works for a Persian TV channel in UK. His nude pictures going viral on social media and he is...

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...

Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members...

A rural Iranian school is conducted in a tent. A man, apparently a school inspector, visits the class and asks the students to answer several...

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders...

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping...

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

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to...

In the midst of a mid-life crisis Jan, a 40 year old dancing teacher, decides to instigate a revolution against himself. His first act is to summon...

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...

During the time of the Pahlavi Dynasty - the ruling House of Iran - the US President Richard Nixon is about to visit Tehran, but a violent armed...

Lotfali-Khan, a bank employee, faints. When they're going to bury him, they find out that he's still alive. This accident makes Lotfali-Khan looking...