11 posts tagged makhmalbaf

Aziza Amir: Egyptian film pioneer. I came across this article via Crossroads Arabia that profiles Arab and Persian women filmmakers. It's no secret that the emerging hot film directors from the Middle East are women.

Director Atom Egoyan opened the 5th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, introducing Hana Makhlmalbaf’s Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame and talking of his own experience screening Ararat, which focused on the 1915 Armenian genocide in Turkey, at the same theatre some six years ago.

“At Five In The Afternoon” is the second film of Samireh Makhmalbaf that I watched.I do not have much theoretical ideas about the inception of New Iranian Cinema and the ways paths they are following, Earlier I have seen “The Blackboard” by the same director, and a couple of films by her father, Mohsen Makhlambaf, including “Once Upon A Time Cinema”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uQzR0Uncw Video of a Q&A with director Hana Makhmalbaf after the screening of Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame at The Berlinale 2008. Several members of the audience were children so the questions are reflective of the audience make-up. In Farsi with English subtitles.

Hana Makhmalbaf has walked away with yet another prize for her film, Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame, receiving a Chrystal Bear for “Best Feature Film” at the Berlinale 2008. The film screened in the festival’s Generation Kplus section, which is aimed at younger audiences.

BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME Directed by Hana Makhmalbaf. Iran 2007. 81 minutes Cast: Nikbakht Noruz, Abdolali Hoseinali, Abbas Alijome A dramatic and horrifying illustration of the tragedy that has befallen the children of Afghanistan.

BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME Directed by Hana Makhmalbaf. Iran 2007. 81 minutes Cast: Nikbakht Noruz, Abdolali Hoseinali, Abbas Alijome A dramatic and horrifying illustration of the tragedy that has befallen the children of Afghanistan.

Hana Makhmalbaf, the 20-year-old director of “Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame” has won the “Woman & Equality” Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which took place this past November in Greece. This is the fifth award for the film in the last two months.

A conversation between Eric Cinq-Mars and Mona Tajali of Concordia University for CitizenShift. Recorded after a Montreal screening of Hana Makhmalbaf’s “Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZwyJ2dnm6Q

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Iran) Director: Hana Makhmalbaf Year: 2007 Runtime: 81 minutes Cast: Nikbakht Noruz, Abdolali Hoseinali Screening Times: February 28, 2008, 8:00 PM Screens at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West Synopsis: A dramatic and horrifying illustration of the tragedy that has befallen the children of Afghanistan.