Grazentv presenteert: IFFR 2013 – Interview with filmmakers Mohsen and Maysam Makhmabaf
Interview on the occasion of the viewing of ‘The Gardener/ Bagheban’ (2012) on the 42nd IFFR
Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmabaf is one of the frontrunners of Iranian post 1979 cinema. For the viewing of his film ‘The Gardener’ (2012) which he made together with his son Maysam, he was on the 42nd International Filmfestival Rotterdam. There we interviewed them.About his film which was made in and around a Bahai Garden in Haifa.
Short Bio: Mohsen Makhmalbaf was born in 1957. Was imprisoned under the regime of the former Shah. Became a proponent of the Iranian revolution and was one of the fist filmmakers that could film under Islamic regime. He was the writer of some 30 books, maker of some 20 highly acclaimed films and teacher in his own Makhmalbaf Teheran Film school. Through the years he became more and more critical of the regime. With the coming of the renewed conservative regime of president Ahmedinejad in 2005 he left the country. Since that time he continues his work outside Iran. Also his wife, their daughters Hana (‘Budda collapsed out of shame’) and Samira (‘The Apple’) and his son Maysam (‘The Gardener’) are known filmmakers.
