Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

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

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...

Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to...

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

Three episodes, all with relatively similar plots about a love triangle between a woman and two men.

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...

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

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

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

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...

A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will...

An account of the processes used in the treatment of various types of glass and their different uses in a new Iranian factory. The director makes...

When Hana’s aunt goes to the hospital to have a nose job, grandpa comes to take care of the kids. The kids go play in the alley, but to be on...

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

Alain de Botton, Edgar Morin, Fredric Jameson, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Orhan Pamuk converse with Brazilian thinkers and artists, creating a dialogue...

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

The QUARTERS is a film project that brings together four renowned directors from across the globe – Todd Solondz (Happiness, Welcome to the...

Hossain Sabzian and some of his associates discuss his character, his life-long obsession with cinema and his attitude towards the film he starred...

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his...