Makhmalbaf Film House

Makhmalbaf Film House was established by Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf together with members of his family. Its development was closely tied to the Makhmalbaf family’s filmmaking activities and created a shared production environment in which several family members could develop careers in cinema. The house is associated with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Hana Makhmalbaf, and Marziyeh Meshkiny. The company’s importance rests in part on its distinctive family-based structure. It was not simply a label attached to one filmmaker’s work; it encompassed the creative participation of multiple members of the same family. Through this arrangement, the production house supported a body of films connected by recurring artistic relationships and by an interest in subjects that have been discussed in the context of Iranian cinema and world cinema. The available reference describes the company as having produced more than 20 films over the course of several decades. Although rooted in Iran, the production operation later continued from the United Kingdom. This relocation or continuation gave the house an international base while preserving its association with Iranian filmmaking. The company’s films have consequently been situated within both Iranian cinema and broader international film culture. The production house and the family behind it have been the subject of books and other critical attention because of their perceived importance to world cinema. The available source does not provide a precise founding year, a detailed chronology of individual productions, or a complete account of the company’s legal and financial structure. It does identify Marghe and Her Mother as the latest production cited, with a 2019 release. On the basis of the supplied material, Makhmalbaf Film House is best understood as a continuing family film-production platform whose historical identity is inseparable from the artistic work of the Makhmalbaf family.

• 2019

  Marghe and Her Mother

  [1]Makhmalbaf Film Houseen.wikipedia.org

  Marghe and Her Mother is released and is identified by the reference material as the latest production of Makhmalbaf Film House.

• Formation as a family film-production house

  [1]Makhmalbaf Film Houseen.wikipedia.org

  Mohsen Makhmalbaf and members of his family establish Makhmalbaf Film House as a shared film-production operation in Iran.

• Expansion into a multi-member filmmaking collective

  [1]Makhmalbaf Film Houseen.wikipedia.org

  The production house becomes associated with the filmmaking activities of Samira Makhmalbaf, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Hana Makhmalbaf, and Marziyeh Meshkiny alongside Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

A family-centered Iranian-origin film-production house focused on auteur-driven and socially engaged cinema with an international world-cinema profile.

• Film production

  Feature-film catalogue

  Makhmalbaf Film House has produced more than 20 films over several decades. The catalogue represents the principal output of the family production house and is associated with Iranian-origin, independently made cinema that has circulated in international world-cinema contexts.

• Feature film · 2019

  Marghe and Her Mother

  Marghe and Her Mother is a film production identified in the available reference as the latest production from Makhmalbaf Film House. It was released in 2019.

1. 1Makhmalbaf Film Houseen.wikipedia.org