Director

Mania Akbari

September 22, 1974 · Tehran, Iran

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.

Often works with

Bijan Daneshmand
2 titles together
20 Fingers, From Tehran to London
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Neda Amiri
2 titles together
One. Two. One, From Tehran to London

Full filmography · 7

Three Ways of Returning
cast and Director
2026
How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish
Director and Writer
2022
Dear Elnaz
Director
2020
From Tehran to London
as Roya and Director
2013
One. Two. One
Director and Writer
2011
20 Fingers
as The Wife and Director and Writer
2004
Ten
as Driver
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