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.
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Mania Akbari Biography / Wiki
Name
Mania Akbari
Also Know
Gender
Female
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth
1974-09-22
Age(as in 2022)
48
Deathday
Mania Akbari Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Ten
Driver
2002-05-20
A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers….
20 Fingers
The Wife
2004-09-01
The subject of the film is male-female relationships. Composed of 7 vignettes, “20 Fingers” features Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand as a contempora…
In My Country Men Have Breasts
self
2012-01-31
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 …
A Moon for My Father
Herself
2019-03-25
Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of langauge, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigate…
10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar)
herself
2007-07-08
After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut …
From Tehran to London
Roya
2013-09-13
Mania Akbari’s From Tehran to London (2012), has a Russian-doll structure. It begins with Akbari shooting her latest film entitled Women Do Not Have…
Dancing Mania
Self
2012-03-01
A short documentary on the latest film by Mania Akbari titled, From Tehran to London. The film takes a closer look at Akbari’s latest boundary-pushi…
Cinema Iran
Self
2005-05-04
Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers….
Mania Akbari Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
In My Country Men Have Breasts
Director
2012-01-31
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 …
One. Two. One
Director
2011-01-01
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 los…
Life May Be
Director
2014-06-21
An epistolary feature film: a cinematic discourse between a British director Mark Cousins, and an Iranian actress and director Mania Akbari which exte…
10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar)
Director
2007-07-08
After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut …
20 Fingers
Director
2004-09-01
The subject of the film is male-female relationships. Composed of 7 vignettes, “20 Fingers” features Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand as a contempora…
A Moon for My Father
Director
2019-03-25
Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of langauge, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigate…
From Tehran to London
Director
2013-09-13
Mania Akbari’s From Tehran to London (2012), has a Russian-doll structure. It begins with Akbari shooting her latest film entitled Women Do Not Have…
Dear Elnaz
Director
2020-11-23
Like a trauma therapist, the camera accompanies Javad Soleimani whose wife, Elnaz Nabiyi, was killed aboard flight PS752 after missile attacks by the …
Mania Akbari Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
One. Two. One
Executive Producer
2011-01-01
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 los…
From Tehran to London
Producer
2013-09-13
Mania Akbari’s From Tehran to London (2012), has a Russian-doll structure. It begins with Akbari shooting her latest film entitled Women Do Not Have…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
20 Fingers
Writer
2004-09-01
The subject of the film is male-female relationships. Composed of 7 vignettes, “20 Fingers” features Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand as a contempora…
A Moon for My Father
Writer
2019-03-25
Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of langauge, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigate…
One. Two. One
Writer
2011-01-01
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 los…
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Dear Elnaz
Editor
2020-11-23
Like a trauma therapist, the camera accompanies Javad Soleimani whose wife, Elnaz Nabiyi, was killed aboard flight PS752 after missile attacks by the …
