Samira Makhmalbaf

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the film offers an unspecified number of statements, talking about memories and a thousand fragments of stories, titles and film scenes, the warp of a gigantic collective Chanson de geste.

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae. Stardust Stricken -- Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait documents the work of this Iranian filmmaker. After spending time in prison for political dissidence, Makhmalbaf discovered the social potential of the cinema. Some of his projects include Marriage of the Blessed and The Actor. While creating around 20 films, the outspoken director established new ideas about the nature of his work. In this release, Makhmalbaf speaks about art, human behavior, and his evolving fundamentalist beliefs.

Afganistan bundan 250 yıl önce İran’a aitti. 80’li yıllarda Sovyetlerin işgali ve ardından Taliban’ın iktidara gelmesinin ardından 6 milyon Afgan insanı ülkesini terk etmek zorunda kaldı. Bunlardan 2.5 milyonu ise İran’da mülteci olarak yaşamaya başladı. Bu mültecilerden biri olan Nasim, ağır bir hastalığa yakalanan karısının bakımını karşılamakta zorlanırken, para için karanlık yollara sapmamaya gayret etmektedir. Bir umutsuzluk anında aldığı teklifi kabul eden Nasim, 7 gün 24 saat boyunca bisiklet kullanmak üzere harekete geçer. Böylece adına açılan bahislerden para kazanabilecektir * Umudu pedalda bir adam.. Nesim'in kaslarındaki ağrıyı bizzat hissediyorsunuz. Film, İran'ın ve İran'daki göçmenlerin sefaletini en acımasız biçimde gözümüze gözümüze sokar. Ama fedakarlığın o saf duygusunu da içimize işler..

An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.

Documentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall of the Taliban regime. Everything was recorded with a small digital camera by Samira's 14-year-old sister Hana.

Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.

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 she was one months old and crying in her mothers arms, while acting in a feature movie made by his father up to her first conscious appearance as an 8 year old child actor in the movie Cyclist made by his father in Pakistan. From when Samira made her first movie Apple at 17 or when she goes to visit the two imprisoned girls in the movie "Apple" and when she is occupied with changing the professional actor of the movie "Blackboard" with a non-professional actor (ordinary people) and even when she was attending the Cannes Film Festival in the years 1998 and 2000.

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.