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I filmed the young Bibi Hansen in 1966 as a screen test for a film I wanted to make out the life of a young girl growing up in New York. The film was never made. This footage was taken in Central Park. The haiku in the f
"To save her daughter Kokab from a forced marriage, Bibi takes the deed to a plot of land—her mahriyeh (dowry)—to the Asadi Real Estate Agency to sell it. Another agent, Shakouri, who has long sought to buy this land, re
Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the media, and direct communication with the public. King Bibi explores Netany
Bibi is a love story between two girls, a trapeze artist and an anarchist, developed in Athens during the current economic crisis. In their daily lives are being reflected the consequences of this crisis, that could unfo
A ruler craving a male heir renounces God and threatens those of his subjects who do not follow him, including his youngest daughter.
A domestic-suspense noir is packed with secrets and scheming.
Bibi Seshanbe Ona – literally ‘The Lady of Tuesday’ – is a widespread blessing ritual in Central Asia. It incorporates elements of animalism, Zoroastrianism and an ancient story comparable to Cinderella. It is performed
A concerned citizen encounters a political writing on a public bus stop and decides to call city services. When they fail to respond he decides to take the law into his own hands.
When his wife storms out of a dinner planned for the American boss, because the dog isn't allowed to be at the table, an engineer substitutes his secretary and pretends she is the wife.
The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot simultaneously exploring a platonic relationship between a beautiful, forlo
Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year.
Three very different people from three very different worlds collide one winter afternoon in an anarchic Kolkata.
Fakirchand lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Lakshmi; a daughter named Kamla, and two sons, Raja, who attends college, and Ratan, who is in school. Kamla is an activist against the social evil of dowry, and
Actually, Bibi had imagined her school internship would be completely different. Because she missed the scheduled start date, she has to fill in as a museum attendant for two weeks instead. While her friend Marita is doi
Depicts the case of religious persecution suffered by the Christian Pakistani Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), falsely accused of blasphemy in 2010 by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. In October 2018, t
"Gul Bibi" is a cinematic portrait of resilience, the story of a mother whose face carries the weight of sacrifice, survival, and love. This film is dedicated to Gul Bibi, and to all the struggling mothers of my land.