8.3
Close-Up
IMDb: 8.3 1990 98 min
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event-the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the ...
6.9
Joy of Madness
IMDb: 6.9 2004 73 min
Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf’s film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall ...
7.7
Salaam Cinema
IMDb: 7.7 1995 75 min
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he ...
7.8
A Moment of Innocence
IMDb: 7.8 1996 78 min
A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf’s experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. ...
7.3
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
IMDb: 7.3 2006 98 min
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for ...