Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Known for: Directing
Born: May 29, 1957
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mohsen Makhmalbaf, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
67 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Here Children Do Not Play Together
2024
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Talking with Rivers
2023
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Jiseok
2022
8.0
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022
6.5
Marghe and Her Mother
2019
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I'm Not My Body
2019
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Plankton Salesmen
2017NR
The Tenant
2015
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Beautiful 2015
2015
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Daddy's School
2014
6.8
The President
2014
5.3
Ongoing Smile
2013
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Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
2013
5.2
The Gardener
2012
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Encontros e Dissonâncias
20124.0
The Man Who Came with the Snow
2009
2.0
Mother's Paradise
2009
5.3
Two-Legged Horse
2009
5.6
Scream of the Ants
2006
6.0
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2006
6.8
Sex & Philosophy
2005
5.0
Poet of the Wastes
20055.5
Cinema Iran
2005
6.6
Joy of Madness
2004
7.0
Osama
2004
6.6
At Five in the Afternoon
2003
6.4
September 11
20026.5
Afghan Alphabet
2002
6.0
Secret Ballot
2001
6.3
Kandahar
2001
8.0
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
2000
6.1
The Day I Became a Woman
2000
6.7
Blackboards
2000
4.6
Tales of an Island
2000
4.0
Tales of Kish
1999
6.4
The Silence
19985.3
The School That Was Blown Away
1998
6.4
The Apple
1998
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The Day My Aunt Was ill
1997
7.6
A Moment of Innocence
1997
8.0
Cinema Cinema
1997
6.4
Close-Up Long Shot
1996
9.0
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996
6.7
Gabbeh
1996
5.4
Opening Day of Close-Up
1996
6.8
Salaam Cinema
1995
5.5
The Actor
1993NR
Stone and Glass
1993NR
Mard-e Na-Tamam
1992
6.4
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
5.8
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty
1992
4.5
Time of Love
1991
8.0
Close-Up
1990
5.0
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
1990
5.7
The Scout
1990
6.5
Marriage of the Blessed
1989
6.7
The Cyclist
1989
6.6
The Peddler
1987
5.1
Boycott
1986
5.5
Rings
1985
5.0
Two Blind Eyes
1984
4.0
Fleeing from Evil to God
1984
5.5
The Repentance of Nosuh
19837.0
Marge Digari
1982
8.2
Justification
1981
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Flash-Forward
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Les Vacances
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The Quarters: Jerusalem
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