Mania Akbari
Iranian actress and film director · Iran · On the map · Directors · Born 1974 · age 52
Mania Akbari is an Iranian filmmaker, artist, writer, and curator whose works explore women's rights, marriage, sexual identity, disease and body image. Her style, in contrast to the long tradition of melodrama in Iranian cinema, is rooted in the visual arts and autobiography.
Mania Akbari is read about 48 times a day, in 11 languages.
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Three Ways of ReturningFilm, Director, Writer2022
How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish WishFilm, Director, Writer2020
Dear ElnazFilm, Director2019
A Moon for My FatherFilm, Director, Writer2014
Life May BeFilm, Director, Writer2013
From Tehran to LondonFilm, Director, Producer2012
Dancing ManiaFilmIn My Country Men Have BreastsFilm, 2012Director2011
One. Two. OneFilm, Director, Writer2007
10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar)Film, Director2005Cinema IranFilm2004
20 FingersFilm, Director, Writer2002
TenFilm, Driver1974Born22 September 1974People around Mania
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Because of the taboo themes frankly discussed in her films and her opposition to censorship, she is considered one of the most controversial filmmakers in Iran.
