Makhmalbaf Film House Productions Movies

  • 2002
    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    6.52002HD

    Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...

    11’09”01—September 11
  • 2001
    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    Kandahar

    6.22001HD

    After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to...

    Kandahar
  • 1998
    The Apple

    The Apple

    The Apple

    6.31998HD

    After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the...

    The Apple
  • 2000
    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    Blackboards

    6.62000HD

    Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during...

    Blackboards
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    At Five in the Afternoon

    At Five in the Afternoon

    At Five in the Afternoon

    6.42003HD

    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...

    At Five in the Afternoon
  • 2005
    Sex & Philosophy

    Sex & Philosophy

    Sex & Philosophy

    6.82005HD

    In the midst of a mid-life crisis Jan, a 40 year old dancing teacher, decides to instigate a revolution against himself. His first act is to summon...

    Sex & Philosophy
  • 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
  • 2007
    Scream of the Ants

    Scream of the Ants

    Scream of the Ants

    5.22007HD

    A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...

    Scream of the Ants
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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