Samira Makhmalbaf

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Samira Makhachmalbaf (born February 15, 1980) is an internationally recognized Iranian filmmaker and script writer.

She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhachchchmalbaf, the film producer and writer.

Samira Makhachmalbaf is regarded as one of Iran's most influential leaders.

Early life

Samira Makhachmalbaf was born in Tehran on February 15th, 1980, the son of filmmaker Mohsen Makhachmalbaf. She joined her father on his film sets as a child and watched him edit afterward. Makhachmalbaf's official biography revealed that her first cinematic experience came as a 7-year-old girl when she appeared in her father's film The Cyclist in 1987. Makhachmalbaf quit high school when she was 14 years old to study cinema in the Makhachmalbaf Film House for five years. She obtained her Psychology and Law degrees at Roehampton University in London at the age of 20.

Personal life

Mohsen Makhachhmalbaf married Fatemeh Meshkini, who gave birth to their three children in 1980, and Hana (or Khatereh, born in 1988). I wrote scripting and became an announcer. We'd love her with us to the radio station when Samira was born. We all worked with her, and she was always with one of us." Fatemeh Meshkini died in 1982 in an accident. After marrying Fatemeh Meshkini's sister, Marziyeh Meshkini, Mohsen Makhachchkini, who was subsequently married by Makhachcheh Meshkini, it became a family.

Samira Makhachmalbaf has been a vocal advocate for women's rights for almost all her life. "We have a lot of restrictions, from all the written and unwritten regulations," she says in a Guardian interview. However, I hope and hope that it will get better. It all began with the republican revolution. However, some things happen subconsciously. I wanted to make films, I made films to say something else, but in a way, I was a model. It was a cliche that was outraged. Another fresh way of thinking has arisen. Yes, we have a lot of limitations, but there are a few good, diverse types of women in Iran who, if they have a chance to express themselves, would have a lot to say. They may have found a way out of all these limitations. "Even if I made that explicit film about politics, it's nothing," she says in the same interview. Because it's just talking like a journalist. You're saying something superficial. The movies I make are getting deeper. Compared to journalistic writing, this kind of job will live longer and deeper."

The first feature film to be made in a post-Taliban environment is At Five in the Afternoon. "I wanted to show reality, not the cliches on television," she said of the US going to Afghanistan and saving the people from the Taliban, not the cliches on television," Makhachmalbaf said. "Though the Taliban have disarmed people's minds, embedded in people's lives, roots, and culture, there is still a significant difference between men and women in Afghanistan."

In an interview with the BBC, she addresses the challenges that women leaders face in Iran. "Traditionally, it is in the minds of everybody that a woman cannot be a film maker." A woman is therefore finding it much more difficult. Also, if you live in this situation, you might start to develop a similar mindset, and the situation will gradually change in the minds of others. "I have a strong desire that Iran produce many more female directors in the wake of its independence and democracy."

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Career

Makhmalbaf produced two video productions before directing her first feature film, La Pomme (The Apple), at the age of 17. At the Cannes Film Festival, she performed La Pomme. Samira Makhachmalbaf said that in an interview at the London Film Festival in 1998, she attributed the Apple's emergence to the new conditions and a new atmosphere in Iran as a result of the Khatami presidency. In a span of two years, the Apple was invited to more than 100 international film festivals, while in more than 30 countries, the film was on full throttle. She appeared at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2000 as a member of the jury.

Samira Makhachmalbaf has been the recipient and nominee of a number of prestigious awards. (2001) and Panj é asr (At Five in the Afternoon) (2003), she was nominated twice for Golden Palm of Cannes Film Festival for Takhté siah (Blackboards) and Panj é asr (At Five in the Afternoon). In 2001 and 2003, she received Prix du Jury of Cannes for both films. Samira Mohmalbaf also won the Sutherland Trophy at The London Film Festival in 1998 and received the UNESCO Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2002 for 11'09"01 September 11. Makhachmalbaf was chosen by a committee of writers at The Guardian in 2003 as one of the best 40 best directors at work today.

Makhachmalbaf, as well as her cast and crew, sustained an attack while filming in Afghanistan during Asbe du-pa (Two Legged Horse). When a man who infiltrated the set as an extra sprang a hand grenade from the roof of a local bazaar, production came to a halt. Six cast members were injured and a horse was killed in the attack, which also killed a horse. "I saw little boys falling to the ground and the whole street was full of blood," Makhachmalbaf said in an interview. Makhachmalbaf finished her film and held the first film release in France in 2008.

Makhmalbaf received awards at several international film festivals after the completion of Asbe du-pa. Ultimately, winning awards at the Ghent International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival were all winners.

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Awards and nominations

• "Sutherland Trophy", London Film Festival (1998), UK.
• "Special Mention, Official Jury", Locarno Film Festival (1996), Switzerland.
• "Special mention, FIBRESCI jury", Locarno Film Festival (1998), Switzerland.
• "Jury's Special prize", Thessalonica Film Festival (1998), Greece.
• "Jury's Special prize", São Paulo Film Festival (1998), Brazil.
• "Jury's Special prize", Independent cinema Festival (1999), Argentina.
• "Critic's prize", Independent cinema Festival (1999).Argentina.
• "Audience's prize", Independent cinema Festival (1999).Argentina.
• "Jury Special award"Official Competition section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, France.
• "Federico Fellini Medal", UNESCO, Paris, (2000).
• "François Truffaut prize", Giffoni Film Festival in Italy (2000).
• "Giffoni's Mayor Prize ", Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, (2000).
• "Special cultural Prize", UNESCO, Paris, (2000).
• "The grand Jury prize", American Film Institute, U.S., (2000).
• "Jury Special award", Official Competition section of Cannes Film Festival 2003, France.
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes 2003, France.
• Golden Peacock, competition (first prize) for Best film at the 34th International Film Festival of India 2003, India.
• The "Youths' Cinema" Award in Singapore's 17th International Silver Screen Film Festival (2004).
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2008.
• "The Special Jury Prize", San Sebastian Film Festival (2008).
• Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2009.