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Samira Makhmalbaf

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 02/15/1980 (44) | Téhéran (Iran)
Samira Makhmalbaf (Persian: سمیرا مخملباف, Samira Makhmalbaaf; born 15 February 1980) is an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf is considered to be part of the Iranian New Wave. She has won multiple awards, including two Jury Prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, and has been nominated for numerous awards. ()

Samira Makhmalbaf (born February 15, 1980) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. She is considered to be one of the most influential directors as part of the Iranian New Wave.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | TV Movies

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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 Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her b ...

At Five in the Afternoon

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2003 | 3.3/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time. ...

The Apple

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1998 | 3.3/5 | 1h 26min
Drama
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Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist at ...

11'09''01 September 11

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2002 | 3.3/5 | 2h 15min
Drama
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Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old ...

Blackboards

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2000 | 3.4/5 | 1h 25min
Drama, History, War
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Awards & Nominations for Samira Makhmalbaf

Sutherland Trophy 2x Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) César Award for Best Film from the European Union
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Movies with Samira Makhmalbaf as Actress(6)

as herself2005 Cinema Iran
as herself2004 Joy of Madness
2000 How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
as herself1996 Stardust Stricken - Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait
1993 The Actor
1989 The Cyclist

Movies with Samira Makhmalbaf as Crew(13)

Directing/Director2008 Two-Legged Horse
Production/Producer2008 Two-Legged Horse
Crew/Cinematography2003 At Five in the Afternoon
Directing/Director2003 At Five in the Afternoon
Writing/Scenario Writer2003 At Five in the Afternoon
Writing/Screenplay2003 At Five in the Afternoon
Directing/Director2002 11'09''01 September 11
Writing/Writer2002 11'09''01 September 11
Directing/Director2000 Blackboards
Writing/Writer2000 Blackboards
Directing/Assistant Director1998 The Silence
Directing/Director1998 The Apple
Writing/Writer1998 The Apple

Full Name: Samira Makhmalbaf
Citizenship: Iran
Born: Friday, 02/15 1980 (February) in Téhéran (Iran) (current age: 44 years + 71 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Persian (FA)
Educated at: University of Roehampton
Siblings: Hana Makhmalbaf
Other names for Samira Makhmalbaf (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"사미라 마흐말마프"
Samira Makhmalbaf frequently works together with these people:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (27x, Crew)
Ebrahim Ghafori (5x, Crew)
Maysam Makhmalbaf (5x, Crew)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (4x, Crew)
Hana Makhmalbaf (4x, Crew)
Behroz Shahamat (3x, Crew)
Marziyeh Meshkiny (3x, Crew)
Mohammad Reza Darvishi (3x, Crew)
Claude Lelouch (2x, Crew)
Ken Loach (2x, Crew)
Mark Cousins (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:88338, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024