- Hana Makhmalbaf
Hana Makhmalbaf (PerB| حنا مخملباف ) is an
Iran ian filmmaker born in 1988. She is the younger sister of filmmakerSamira Makhmalbaf and daughter of filmmaker and filmteacherMohsen Makhmalbaf .Career
Her first short film was shown at the
Locarno Film Festival inTicino ,Switzerland when she was eight years old. Her first full film was in 2003 and entitled "Joy of Madness ". The film is a documentary about the making of Samira's "At Five in the Afternoon ". Hana was able to take advantage of being only 14 to amass much candid digital footage when Samira was trying to persuade Afghani people to take part in her film. The disadvantage was that she was nearly forbidden from being at its premier at theVenice Film Festival . This is because the film was unrated andItaly has rules concerning minors attending unrated films.Fact|date=November 2007Her first feature film, "Buddha Collapsed out of Shame" won an award at Festival du nouveau cinéma in
Montreal ,Canada in 2007, as well as two awards fromSan Sebastian International Film Festival ,Spain .References
*fa icon [http://www.makhmalbaf.com/news.php?lang=2&n=49 Hana Makhmalbaf's Buddha won two awards at San Sebastian]
*fa icon [http://makhmalbaf.com/news.php?lang=2&n=50 Hana Makhmalbaf's Buddha won an award at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal]External links
*imdb name|0538529
* [http://makhmalbaf.com/persons.php?p=1 Hana Makhmalbaf at Makhmalbaf Film House]
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