To be a god and suddenly not to be a god
In Conversation with Mohsen Makhmalbaf the director of the film "The President"
What was the inspiration for telling this story?
In Conversation with Mohsen Makhmalbaf the director of the film "The President"
What was the inspiration for telling this story?
Interview by: Film 2.0
June 26, 2007
Q: What's the reason that you accept this position? and how do you feel about that? What do you expect from 2007's AFA?
INTERVIEW WITH MARZIYEH MESHKINI, Director of STRAY DOGS
Why would an Iranian director choose to make a film in Afghanistan?
I was born in Iran, but the entire world is my home. I have learned that film-making can be a way of alleviating the
sufferings of human beings. Just as there are doctors without frontiers, so there are artists without frontiers. My
compassion is aroused whenever there is suffering. Saadi, one of the greatest Persian poets, has a poem which
Kandahar must be the first fictions film about Afghanistan for a very long time. How did the project for this film come to life?
Film International
2000
Interview with Marziyeh Meshkiny (Director of The Day I Became a Woman)
Film International: As a woman filmmaker did you face any particular problem?
The Guardian
15 December 2000
By Sally Weale
Interview With Director Samira Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf is 20 years old. She has a girlish laugh and likes skating, swimming and cycling. She is also the youngest director ever to win the jury prize at Cannes. Sally Weale talks to the extraordinary Iranian film-maker about art, politics and censorship - and the sense of injustice that drives her
Director's interview:
AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMIRA MAKHAMALBAF
Why did you choose Kurdistan as the location of your film The Blackboard?