Person
Mania Akbari
Directing · Born 1974-09-22 · Tehran, Iran
Biography
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.
Known for
Ten
Driver
Three Ways of Returning
2026
10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar)
herself
20 Fingers
The Wife
In My Country Men Have Breasts
self
Dancing Mania
Self
One. Two. One
Director
From Tehran to London
Roya
Cinema Iran
Self
How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish
Director
Filmography
- 2026Three Ways of Returning
- 2022How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish WishDirector
- 2020Dear ElnazDirector
- 2019A Moon for My FatherHerself
- 2014Life May BeSelf
- 2013From Tehran to LondonRoya
- 2012Dancing ManiaSelf
- 2012In My Country Men Have Breastsself
- 2011One. Two. OneDirector
- 200710 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar)herself
- 2005Cinema IranSelf
- 200420 FingersThe Wife
- 2002TenDriver
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