Books

Conversations with Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Original Title: Conversations with Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Written by: Dr.Hamid Dabashi
 
Subject: The three lengthy conversations collected here, between Makhmalbaf and leading Iranian film critic and scholar Hamid Dabashi, traverse the filmmaker’s experiences and fascination with films — both as product and as process. In this…

Salam Cinema (Films of Makhmalbaf Family) Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iranian Director and Kim Ji Seok of Busan Film Festival

Original Title: Salam Cinema (Films of Makhmalbaf Family)
Written & Compiled by: Kim Ji-Seok
 
Subject: Introducing Makhmalbaf Film House, review of “A Moment of Innocence”, and “The day I Became a woman”, Introducing the films of Makhmalbaf Family, Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Interview about the movie “Silence”, Speech text…

The Day I Became A Woman

Original Title: Roozi Keh zan Shodam
Compiled by: Hassan Maleki
 
Subject: Script, Director’s Interview, Reviews, Photographs
Language: Persian, English
Translator: Babak Mozaffari
Photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf, Hana Makhmalbaf
Cover…

Makhmalbaf Film House (Russian)

Original Title: Kingdom Makhmalbaf
Written by: Gulnara Abikeyeva

Subject: A book about Makhmalbaf family and their works / reviews, interviews, scripts, photos and more...(This book is written in Russian language and it is…

The Apple (International Press Reviews and Screenplay)

 
Original Title: Sib (baztabe Matboate Beinalmelali, be hamrahe filmnameh)
Compiled by: Zahra Kamalian
Photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: Director’s biography, International press Reviews, Director’s interview, Screenplay , Iranian reviews, Photographs 
Language:

The Blackboard

 
Original Title: Takhteh Siyah
Compiled by: Mehrdad Zonnour
 
Subject: Director’s Biography, Screenplay, International reviews, Iranian reviews, Director’s interviews, Awards’ note, Speech text of Samira about the Digital revolution & Photographs 
Language: Persian, English, French, Japanese…

Blackboard (in Japanese)

 
Original Title: The Blackboard
 
Photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf
Subject: Director’s biography, Screenplay, Director’s interviews, International press reviews, Photographs and designs from Samira and her family &…
Language: Japanese
Cover design: Kunukunu (nix graphics…

Makhmalbaf At Large

Original Title: MAKHMALBAF AT LARGE "THE MAKING OF A REBEL FILMMAKER"
Written by: Dr.Hamid Dabashi
 
Subject: Cultural critic and historian Hamid Dabashi draws from his friendship with Makhmalbaf, as well as his intense involvement with Makhmalbaf's films and thought, to present a deeply engaging examination of the tumultuous…

Mohsen Makhmalbaf : Discourse to Dialogue

 
Original Title: Mohsen Makhmalbaf: del discurso al dialogo
Editor: Fernando Gonzalez Garcia (ed.)
Subject: Review on Makhmalbaf's movies
Language: Spanish & English
Number of pages: 333 pages
Book size: 17 x 24 cm
Edition: First…

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

 
Original Title: Mohsen Makhmalbaf 
Compiled by: Alberto Barbera & Umberto Mosca

Subject: Review and study on Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his works (Articles, Dialogues and scripts, Photographs, Reviews)
Language: Italian
Cover design: Andrea Busto
Number of…

Makhmalbaf's Broken Mirrors

Original Title: Makhmalbaf's Broken Mirrors: (Analysis of the socio-political significance of modern Iranian cinema)
Compiled by: Lioyd Ridgeon
Subject: Review and study on Makhmalbaf's works
Language: English
Number of pages: 48 pages
Book size: 16 x 23 cm…

The Films Of Makhmalbaf The Films Of Makhmalbaf

 

Original Title: The films of Makhmalbaf (Cinema, Politics & Culture in Iran)

Written by: ERIC EGUN 

 

Language: English 

Number of pages: 240 pages 

Edition: First

Book size: 23cm X…

Like Light From The Heart Of Darkness

Original Title: Like Light from the Heart of Darkness- Makhmalbaf, Hansei wo kataru
Written by: Hamid Dabashi, with preface written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf 

Subject: Two long interviews of Mohsen Makhmalbaf with Hamid Dabashi ("Once Upon a Time, a Filmmaker..." & "Artist…

Gabbeh

 
Original Title: Gabbeh
Script: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Photographer: Mohammad Ahmadi

Subject: Film photographs (along with the Persian, English and French script of Gabbeh)
English translator: Mohammad Ghaed
French translator: Ramin Jahanbeglou

Salam Cinema

 
Original Title: Salam Cinema
Compiled by: Amir Hossein Khosravi
 
Subject: Reviews, interviews with the film crew and film dialogues
Number of pages: 216 pages
Print volume: 3300 copies
Book size: 21 X 14 cm
Edition: Second…

The Peddler

 
Original Title: Dastforoush
Compiled by: Ebrahim Nabavi
 
Subject: Film review along with the script
Number of pages: 220 pages 
Print volume: 3150 copies
Book size: 23 X 13 
Edition: First
Year: 1989…

To See And Not To See

Original Title: Didan va Nadidan
Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Selection of speech & written
Language: Persian
Cover design and Layout: Hossein Khosrojerdi
Number of pages: 408 Pages 
Print volume: 2200 copies
Size…

Kandahar

Original Title: Safare Ghandehar
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf and French critics 

Subject: Script, Interview, Reviews of the French press and the letter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf directed to the president of Iran for the prevention of the dismissal of the Afghani Refugees

Language: Persian

The Apple

 
Original Title: Sib
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Script and Photographs
Language: Persian, English
Translator: Minou Moshiri
Photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf
Cover design: Bahareh Izadpanah
Number of pages:…

A Moment Of Innocence

Original Title: Noon-O- Goldoon
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Collection of 2 Scripts (Bread and the vase, Goodbye cinema), and film’s photographs

Language: Persian
Photographer: Mohammad Ahmadi
Cover design: Kaveh Hassan Biglou
Number…

Hail The Sun

Original Title: Salam Bar Khorshid
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Script
Language: Persian
Cover design: Hossein Khosrojerdi
Number of pages: 72 pages 
Print volume: (First print: 5500 copies, Fourth print: 5500 copies) 

Time Of Love

Original Title: Nobate Asheghi 
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Collection of 2 stories & 3 scripts [Stories: Beloveds of the night & Kiss me, Scripts: Three Pictures, The Bread and flower, Time of love]

Language: Persian
Cover design: Masoud Sepehr 

Marriage Of The Blessed

 
Original Title: Arosiye Khoban
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: Script
Language: Persian
Cover design: Shahram Golparian 
Number of pages: 88 pages 
Print volume: 5000 copies
Book size: 14 X 21 cm…

The Cyclist

Original Title: Bicycle Ran
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Script
Language: Persian
Cover design: (second print: Haghighi) 
Number of pages: (First print: 60 pages), (second print: 64 pages)
Print volume: (First print: 5,000 copies…

Birth Of An Old Woman

 
Original Title:  Tavalude Yek Pirezan
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: 3 continuous scripts [Birth of an old woman, The Peddler, Comedy of the agony of death
Language: Persian
Cover design: Hossein Khosrojerdi (using Rafael's work) 
Number of pages:…

Rajayi School

Original Title: Madreseyeh Rajayi
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: Script 
Language: Persian
Cover design: Vaziriyan
Number of pages: 72 pages 
Print volume: 5000 copies
Book size: 14 x 21 cm

The Bells

Original Title: Zangha
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Script
Language: Persian
Cover design: Hossein Khosrojerdi
Number of pages: 64 copies
Volume: 6000 copiesPrint 
Book size: 14 * 21 cm

Buddha Was Not Demolished In Afghanistan, It Collapsed Out Of Shame

 
Original Title: Budda Dar Afghanestan Takhrib Nashod, Az Sharm Foro Rikht
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: Research about the crisis of occupation in Afghanistan
Language: Persian
Cover design: Bijan Seifouri by using a photograph from Mohammadreza Sharifinia…

Life Is Color

 
Original Title: Zendegi Rang Ast
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf 
 
Subject: Selection of dialogues and writings (Consisting of 3 interviews: Poetical Cinema: Dialogue between Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Werner Herzog, The restless mind, The happiness of life-The sorrow of human), (Consisting of 2 articles: The case of the…

The Dumb Man's Dream - Third Volume

 
Original Title: Gonge Khabdideh

Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf and reviews from: Houshang Golmakani, Ahmad Talebinejad, Abolhassan Davoudi, Houshang Hesami, Poulad faroukhzad, Mohammad Jafari, Mohammad ali Tavakoli, Masoud Farasati, Amouzadeh Khalili, Majid Mohammadi, Masoud Taraghijah, Hamidreza Sadr, Dr, Abdolkarim Soroush, Seyed Ebrahim…

The Dumb Man's Dream - Second Volume

 
Original Title: Gonge Khabdideh
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf 
 
Subject: Selection from the script and play (Consisting of the play: Death of another and the following scripts: Fleeing from Evil to God, Valeh (Boycott), The bells, Rajayi school, Happy child, The birth of an old woman, The peddler, Comedy of the agony…

The Dumb Man's Dream - First Volume

 
Original Title: Gonge Khabdideh
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf 
 
Subject: Selection of the story and novel (Consisting of 3 short stories: Beloveds of the night, Kiss me, Soul surgery and 2 long stories: Sultoon lake (Hoze Sultoon) and The Crystal Garden 
Language: Persian
Number…

Death Of Another

 
Original Title: Marge Digari
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: Collection of 3 plays: "A fence behind a fence" (Subject: About Dogmatism), "Death of another" (Subject: Human and death) and "Russian Roulette" (Subject: Rivisionism). 
Language: Persian
Cover design:

Crystal Garden

 
Original Title: Bagh e bolour
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Language: Persian
Cover design: Hossein Khosrojerdi (Using Picasso's work)
Number of pages: (first print: 352 pages), (Tenth print: 262 pages with smaller fonts) 
Print volume: (first…

The Sultan's Lake

 
Original Title: Hoze Sultoon
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Subject: Long story. The story of this book is about a poor lady was living in Tehran in the year 1963, whom is pulled towards different layers of the society because of the wanders of life.
Language: Persian
Cover design:…

Disgrace

Original Title: Nang
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Subject: A collection of 12 social stories: Explosion, Moosa, It depends who the thief is, Disgrace, Haj Agha, Mother, Rasoul, Truck, Maternity hospital, In the office, Landlord, disarmament)
Language: Persian
Number of pages:

Silence

 
Original Title: Sokout
Script writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Photographer: Maysam Makhmalbaf

 
Subject: Photographs from the movie along with the script
Language: Persian, English
Translator: Mohammad Ghaed
Cover design and Layout:…

Visa For One Moment

 
Original Title: Yek Lahzeh Visa
Written by: Hana Makhmalbaf
 
Type: Poem
Language: Persian, English, French
Number of pages: 80 pages 
Print volume: 2200 copies
Edition: First
Size: 18.7 x12.1 cm