Hana Makhmalbaf

Born on December the 3rd 1988 in Tehran At age 7 she acted in Mohsen Makhmalbafs her father film titled A moment Of Innocence Hana has also published her first book of poetry Visa for One Moment in 2003 She has been continuously working in Makhmalbaf Family films as Still Photographer Script Supervisor and Assistant Director She studied Cinema in Makhmalbaf Film School for 8 years before she graduated at the age 16 At age 8 she made her first short film with a handycam camera titled The Day My Aunt Was ill The film received international attention at Locarno Film Festival in 1997 when she was only 9 years old At age 14 Hana shot a documentary titled Joy of Madness in Afghanistan This film premiered at Venice Film Festival 2003 and received 3 international awards At the age18 she made her first feature Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame in Bamian of Afghanistan The film went to receive enormous reception around the world receiving many prestigious awards including Crystal Bear from Berlin Film Festival 2008 Special Peace Award Berlin Film Festival 2008 Grand Jury Award San Sebastian Film Festival 2007 The TVE Award La Otra Mirada Spanish TV Spain 2007 Unicef Paolo Ungari special award Rome Film Festival 2007 Daniel Langlois Innovation Prize Festival du nouveau cinéma Montreal 2007 Woman Equality Award Thessaloniki Film Festival 2007 and has been nominated to receive the Best Asian Film Award from Hong Kong Film Festival 2008 Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame was released in 60 theatres in France 40 theatres in Spain and 20 theatres in Japan simultaneously However the film was not allowed a screening in Hanas homeland in Iran Hanas most recent film Green Days looks at the incidents during the 2009 presidential election in Iran The film was selected for the official section of Venice film festival and recived Bravery Award of the festival Visa For A Moment is the title of the book of poetry by Hana which was published in three diffrent languages in 2003