Direction: Mania Akbari

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mania Akbari. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


From Tehran to London

2012 · Movie · 70 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Mania Akbari · Neda Amiri · Bijan Daneshmand · Elaheh Hesari

Plot It is a story about a couple by the name of Ava and Ashkan who live in a beautiful house located in the outskirts of the city with their caretaker...

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One. Two. One

2011 · Movie · 79 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Neda Amiri · Payam Dehkordi · Hasan Ma'juni · Ashkan Mehri

Plot In a society where all social customs are based on the beauty of a woman, her challenge is to find self confidence and inner beauty despite having lost her physical...

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Life May Be

2014 · Documentary · 80 min. · Iran

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10+4 (Dah Be Alaveh Chahar)

2007 · Movie · 77 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Mania Akbari · Amin Maher · Behnaz Jaffari · Roya Arabshahi

Plot In this sequel to Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten (2002), Mania Akbari, the leading actress of the film, again drives a car and talks to her son, her sister and other people....

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How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish

2022 · Documentary · 72 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Mania Akbari

Plot Excerpts spanning Iranian film history show that women have always been oppressed, also in the years before the Islamic Revolution. Mania Akbari takes on the male gaze in this confrontational...

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In My Country Men Have Breasts (S)

2012 · Movie · 5 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Mania Akbari

Plot Akbari was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and she lost her breasts due to the cancer. After she directed, wrote and acted 10+4 which showed her struggle with the...

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20 Fingers

2004 · Movie · 72 min. · Iran

Direction Mania Akbari

Cast Bijan Daneshmand · Mania Akbari

Plot A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of traditionand family lifein Iran. Each episode...

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