Mohsen 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
  • 1990
    Close-Up

    Close-Up

    Close-Up

    7.9191990HD

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

    Close-Up
  • 2004
    Osama

    Osama

    Osama

    72004HD

    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...

    Osama
  • 2001
    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    6.22001HD

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

    Kandahar
  • 1996
    A Moment of Innocence

    A Moment of Innocence

    A Moment of Innocence

    7.71996HD

    A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two...

    A Moment of Innocence
  • 2014
    The President

    The President

    The President

    6.92014HD

    The President is the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup d’état, and...

    The President
  • 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
  • 1996
    Gabbeh

    Gabbeh

    Gabbeh

    6.61996HD

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

    Gabbeh
  • 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
  • 2005
    Sex & Philosophy

    Sex & Philosophy

    Sex & Philosophy

    6.82005HD

    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...

    Sex & Philosophy
  • 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
  • 1995
    Salaam Cinema

    Salaam Cinema

    Salaam Cinema

    6.41995HD

    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...

    Salaam Cinema
  • 2000
    The Day I Became a Woman

    The Day I Became a Woman

    The Day I Became a Woman

    6.12000HD

    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...

    The Day I Became a Woman
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Here Children Do Not Play Together

    Here Children Do Not Play Together

    Here Children Do Not Play Together

    02024HD

    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
  • 1987
    The Peddler

    The Peddler

    The Peddler

    6.61987HD

    The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled...

    The Peddler
  • 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
  • 1989
    Marriage of the Blessed

    Marriage of the Blessed

    Marriage of the Blessed

    6.31989HD

    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...

    Marriage of the Blessed