Mania Akbari

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.​

Directed

1. 20 Fingers (2004) — Director
2. One. Two. One (2011) — Director
3. Life May Be (2014) — Director
4. 10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar) (2007) — Director
5. A Moon for My Father (2019) — Director
6. How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish (2022) — Director
7. In My Country Men Have Breasts (2012) — Director
8. From Tehran to London (2013) — Director
9. Dear Elnaz (2020) — Director
10. Three Ways of Returning (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ten (2002) — Driver
2. 20 Fingers (2004) — The Wife
3. Life May Be (2014) — Self
4. 10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar) (2007) — herself
5. Cinema Iran (2005) — Self
6. A Moon for My Father (2019) — Herself
7. In My Country Men Have Breasts (2012) — self
8. From Tehran to London (2013) — Roya
9. Dancing Mania (2012) — Self
10. Three Ways of Returning (2026)