Maysam Makhmalbaf Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 2019
    Marghe and Her Mother

    Marghe and Her Mother

    Marghe and Her Mother

    6.52019HD

    22-year-old Claudia is a single mother who lives with Marghe, her sixyear-old precocious daughter. When Claudia is kicked out of her house for...

    Marghe and Her Mother
  • 2013
    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    Ongoing Smile

    0.52013HD

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

    Ongoing Smile
  • 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
  • 1990
    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

    4.71990HD

    A film about an anthropologist and his daughter during three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in the...

    The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
  • 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'
  • 2009
    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    The Man Who Came with the Snow

    42009HD

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

    The Man Who Came with the Snow
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    The Gardener

    The Gardener

    The Gardener

    5.22012HD

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

    The Gardener
  • 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
  • 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