Mania Akbari

Born: 1974-09-22

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mania Akbari is an Iranian film director. Akbari began her artistic career as a painter in 1991. She entered the world of cinema as a director of photography and later as an assistant director of documentaries. In 2002, she starred in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten and in 2003 co-directed the documentary Crystal. In 2005 she wrote, directed and starred in her first feature film, 20 Fingers, winner of a prize at the Venice Film Festival digital film competition. In 2007, Akbari directed a sequel to Kiarostami's Ten entitled 10+4 (Dah Be Alaveh Chahar) in which she depicts her battle with cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mania Akbari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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Ten

as Driver
Released: 2002-05-20

A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her...

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A Moon for My Father

as Herself
Released: 2019-03-25

Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of...

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From Tehran to London

as Roya
Released: 2013-09-13

Mania Akbari’s From Tehran to London (2012), has a Russian-doll structure. It begins with Akbari...

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20 Fingers

as The Wife
Released: 2004-09-01

The subject of the film is male-female relationships. Composed of 7 vignettes, "20 Fingers"...

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Dancing Mania

as Self
Released: 2012-03-01

A short documentary on the latest film by Mania Akbari titled, From Tehran to London. The film...

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