Articles

The Guardian
20 August 2015 | by Peter Bradshaw

Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf explores what happens to deposed dictators with dyspeptic ferocity
 

Who knew Mohsen...

Financial Times
August 20, 2015 | By Danny Leigh

" Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf treads treacherous ground in a gripping drama full of immaculate scenes "...

1- As a child I was raised with my grandmother’s teachings and believes. She was a very kind human being very religious and against cinema. She strongly believed that those going to cinema would be denied paradise.
Being in love with her because of her charisma, I spent my childhood...

To the Art-loving People of Iran,

Our family has presented to the people of Iran one hundred and twenty international awards in the fields of culture, art, and cinema.

From the beginning up until now, our family has regarded these awards to be achievements that belong to the art...

 
His Excellency Kofi Annan
UN Secretary General  You are managing the United Nations Organization at a time the international relations are defined based on opportunities and threats not on mutual philanthropic aspects and sympathy. In such a globe, the...

A letter from Iranian filmmaker, Mohsen Makhmalbaf to Mr. Khatami, president of Iran, regarding the devastating consequences of expelling Afghani immigrants from Iran.

Buddha Was Not Demolished In Afghanistan; It Collapsed Out Of Shame
By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
                                                 
If you read this article carefuly,
it will take about an hour of...

Mohsen Makhmalbaf
June 2000

The quadric-aspect relationship of Samira and I
“ The role of the victim in the occurrence of the crime”
Or
“ What slipped my tongue”
 
You...

About “Makhmalbaf Film House”
 
By: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
June 7, 2000
In early 1996, Samira Makhmalbaf left ordinary school to study cinema. Learning cinema from the available universities was the worst option....

By: Samira Makhmalbaf
14/05/2000
The Cinema of Tomorrow
With the classic metaphor of the cinema as a "window open to the world" as an inspiration, the discussion will open with the upheavals generated bythe appearance of the digital...