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Interview with Samira Makhmalbaf:

Q: A bomb was thrown at you while making the film Two-Legged Horse.
Samira: Yes we were shooting in north Afghanistan in the city of Sarpol. It was our 40th day of shooting. The scene took...

by: Rebecca Leffler

Hollywood Reporter, May 20, 2007

CANNES -- Samira Makhmalbaf's latest feature "Two-Legged Horse" is back on track, with production set to resume on the film "quickly," the director and her filmmaker father, Mohsen,...

Makhmalbaf film is 85% completed

by: Ali Jaafar

Variety May 18, 2007

Samira Makhmalbaf said she’s determined to finish “The Two-Legged Horse,” despite the March 27 bombing that brought lensing to a halt.

At a press...

 
On Tuesday March 27, 2007 at 12:20 pm in Baluch Khaneh district of Sarpol City in Afghanistan the explosion of a bomb at the shooting scene of "Two-legged Horse" (Asbe do-pa), Samira Makhmalbaf’s new film, resulted in severe injuries of 6 people and a number of extras and the death of...

 
Samira Makhmalbaf is invited to George Pompidou Museum where there is a special screening of her second feature film the Blackboard. This screening is as a part of an anniversary of Fabrica. There will be an exhibition and a Festival of Fabrica’s cultural activities in which a wide...

 
Stray Dogs directed by Marziyeh Meshkiny, another Makhmalbaf Film House production in Kabul, is being released in cinemas across London. This film is being distributed by Artificial Eye in England.

Stray Dogs had its world premier in competition section of Venice Film Festival in...

 
This 192 pages book by Jonathan Lee has recently been published by Prestel publication in English, with sections dedicated to the super famous people like: Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Gogan, Claude Monnet, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, Sergio Leone…. Between Jean-Paul Sartre...

 
Hana Makhmalbaf, 17 years old, who participated in the 2003 edition of Venice Film Festival and received the award for the youngest filmmaker of the world, has recently shot “Smile, you look beautiful” in Bamiyan of Afghanistan during spring of 2006. This film which is 80 minutes long...

 
Samira Makhmalbaf will be attending the Eurasia International Film Festival in Turkey this year as a member of jury. The second edition of Eurasia International Film Festival will take place in September at exactly the same time as the National Golden Orange Film Festival in Antalya. ...

 
Yerevan Film Festival which takes place in Armenia every year and has Atom Egoyan the famous Armenian filmmaker who lives in Canada as its honoree head, has chosen Mohsen Makhmalbaf to be as the honoree head of the DAC organization, "Directors Across Border".

 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf received the Parajanov Award for outstanding Artistic contribution to the world cinema from Yerevan Film Festival in Armenia, where they screened 5 films from the members of Makhmalbaf family in a retrospective program in 2006.
This award was made by Sergey...

 
Venice Film Festival has invited Mohsen Makhmalbaf as a member of jury for the 2006 section of the festival. Mohsen Makhmalbaf will be attending the festival in August.

History of Makhmalbaf family in Venice Film Festival:

1. In 1997, Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf was...

 
Dushanbe International Film Festival, which took place in October 2004 in Tajikistan for the first time and Mohsen Makhmalbaf was as the head of the jury, this year in October is about to launch for the second time.
Cinema House of Tajikistan has offered Mohsen Makhmalbaf to be...