Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies
- 1990
Close-Up
Close-Up7.8851990HD
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...
- 2004
Osama
Osama6.9432004HD
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...
- 2002
11'09''01 September 11
11'09''01 September 116.5292002HD
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...
- 1996
A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence7.71996HD
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...
- 2001
Kandahar
Kandahar6.22001HD
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to...
- 1996
Gabbeh
Gabbeh6.6731996HD
An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping...
- 2014
The President
The President6.9212014HD
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...
- 1989
The Cyclist
The Cyclist6.6111989HD
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...
- 1998
The Apple
The Apple6.31998HD
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...
- 1998
The Silence
The Silence6.3861998HD
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...
- 2003
At Five in the Afternoon
At Five in the Afternoon6.42003HD
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of...
- 1995
Salaam Cinema
Salaam Cinema6.31995HD
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...
- 2000
Blackboards
Blackboards6.72000HD
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...
- 2005
Cinema Iran
Cinema Iran5.52005HD
Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.
- 2017
Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmen02017HD
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...
- 1986
Boycott
Boycott4.71986HD
Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members...
- 2005
Sex & Philosophy
Sex & Philosophy6.82005HD
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...
- 2000
The Day I Became a Woman
The Day I Became a Woman6.12000HD
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...
- 2007
Scream of the Ants
Scream of the Ants5.22007HD
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...
- 2001
Secret Ballot
Secret Ballot5.92001HD
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.