Hana Makhmalbaf Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    7.22007HD

    A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young...

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
  • 2009
    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    Two-Legged Horse

    5.62009HD

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

    Two-Legged Horse
  • 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
  • 2013
    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    0.52013HD

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

    Ongoing Smile
  • 2004
    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    7.32004HD

    In post-Taliban Kabul, two lost children, brother and sister whose parents are in prison, try to survive every day by scavenging for food. At night,...

    Stray Dogs
  • 2009
    Green Days

    Green Days

    Green Days

    72009HD

    A playwright Iran tries to confront a creative crisis while political clashes erupt during her country's 2009 election.

    Green Days
  • 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
  • 2023
    The List

    The List

    The List

    02023HD

    Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban due to the withdrawal of US troops in August 2021. Upon hearing this news in a foreign country, the...

    The List
  • 2000
    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

    02000HD

    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'
  • 2015
    The Tenant

    The Tenant

    The Tenant

    02015HD

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

    The Tenant
  • 2014
    Daddy's School

    Daddy's School

    Daddy's School

    02014HD

    It is a story of a unique family in the world; A documentary on how a former political imprisoned revolutionary in a religious closed society like...

    Daddy's School
  • 1997
    The Day My Aunt Was ill

    The Day My Aunt Was ill

    The Day My Aunt Was ill

    01997HD

    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...

    The Day My Aunt Was ill
  • 2011
    Doggy Life

    Doggy Life

    Doggy Life

    02011HD

    About the difficult situation of pets inside of Iran.

    Doggy Life