16 Facts About Hana Makhmalbaf

Hana Makhmalbaf is the younger sister of filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf and daughter of filmmakers Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Fatemeh Meshkini.

Hana Makhmalbaf is known for her films Joy of Madness, Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame and Green Days.

Hana Makhmalbaf expressed interest in being a painter, but did not like the "loneliness" that she described in the art form.

Hana Makhmalbaf then was drawn to filmmaking, and she found the on-set experience compelling.

At the age of eight, Hana Makhmalbaf decided she did not want to continue attending school.

Hana Makhmalbaf then switched to her father's film academy and studio, Makhmalbaf Film House, in her hometown of Tehran.

Hana Makhmalbaf had to keep up with what her peers were learning in addition to studying at the film academy.

Hana Makhmalbaf began to miss her previous schooling and went back for a few weeks.

Hana Makhmalbaf was able to take advantage of being only 13 to amass much candid digital footage when Samira was trying to persuade Afghan people to take part in her film.

Hana Makhmalbaf was described as being able to blend in and remain overlooked as she shot her film among the production.

Hana Makhmalbaf was able to capture so much on film because her age caused people to not to hide from her since they did not take her seriously.

When Joy of Madness premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Hana Makhmalbaf was too young to attend her own screening under Italian law.

Joy of Madness was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, where Hana Makhmalbaf beat the record of the youngest person to have a film screened in the festival.

The record was previously held by her sister, Samira Hana Makhmalbaf, who had broken the record at the age of seventeen.

Hana Makhmalbaf made use of footage from protesters by inter-cutting scenes of the post-election violence garnered from cell-phone and other amateur videos circulating anonymously.

In 2015, Hana Makhmalbaf announced her next film, entitled Single Mother.