Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

  • 2022
    Jiseok

    Jiseok

    Jiseok

    02022HD

    On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while...

    Jiseok
  • 2017
    Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

    02017HD

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

    Plankton Salesmen
  • 2007
    Scream of the Ants

    Scream of the Ants

    Scream of the Ants

    5.22007HD

    A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...

    Scream of the Ants
  • 2005
    Poet of the Wastes

    Poet of the Wastes

    Poet of the Wastes

    32005HD

    A man whose job collecting garbage from the streets. But from this work he becomes aware of the secrets of those houses he collecting garbage from...

    Poet of the Wastes
  • 2000
    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

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    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'
  • 1999
    Tales of Kish

    Tales of Kish

    Tales of Kish

    3.21999HD

    Ghesse Haye Kish was originally produced as a six-episode omnibus film with finances from investors on the Island of Kish in the Persian Gulf, which...

    Tales of Kish
  • 2013
    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    0.52013HD

    Documentary about Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho.

    Ongoing Smile
  • 2001
    Secret Ballot

    Secret Ballot

    Secret Ballot

    5.92001HD

    A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.

    Secret Ballot
  • 1986
    Boycott

    Boycott

    Boycott

    4.71986HD

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

    Boycott
  • 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
  • 1990
    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    4.71990HD

    A film about an anthropologist and his daughter during three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in the...

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
  • 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
  • 2024
    Here Children Do Not Play Together

    Here Children Do Not Play Together

    Here Children Do Not Play Together

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    To examine the deteriorating relations between Palestine and Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7, the director walks into the heart of...

    Here Children Do Not Play Together
  • 2000
    Tales of an Island

    Tales of an Island

    Tales of an Island

    4.22000HD

    An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost)

    Tales of an Island
  • 1992
    Once Upon a Time, Cinema

    Once Upon a Time, Cinema

    Once Upon a Time, Cinema

    6.31992HD

    The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically...

    Once Upon a Time, Cinema
  • 2006
    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

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    Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for...

    Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
  • 2012
    The Gardener

    The Gardener

    The Gardener

    5.22012HD

    An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from...

    The Gardener
  • 2009
    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    42009HD

    A man enters a bar, sits and observes, not speaking. Gradually, the silent presence of the stranger disturbs the other customers.

    The Man Who Came with the Snow
  • 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
  • 1970
    Les Vacances

    Les Vacances

    Les Vacances

    01970HD

    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.

    Les Vacances