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The 2025 Mizna Film Series presents some of our favorite archival classics from the past 60 years of Iran’s cinema history. Beginning with a beloved class from Abbas Kiarostami and ending with a tribute to Dariush Mehrjui, we’re proud to present these films in collaboration with the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective, the Walker Art Center, and the Trylon Cinema. Learn more about the Mizna Film Series here.

OCT 11: THE APPLE BY SAMIRA MAKHMALBAF

1997, Iran, 35mm, in Persian and Azerbaijani with English subtitles, 83 min.

In Tehran, an elderly father lives with his 12-year-old twin daughters, Massoumeh and Zahra, and his blind wife—who all play themselves in this re-creation of a news story. The strict father has imprisoned his daughters in the family’s home for years. When a social worker locks the father inside, the daughters become free to explore the world outside as their father reflects on his actions. With her hybrid documentary blending reality and fiction with drama, the then-17-year-old Samira Makhmalbaf became the world’s youngest director to participate in the official section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with the film’s release.

Mizna Film Series presents this screening in collaboration with the Walker Art Center as part of their series, Cinema Revived: Timeless Selections from the Vault, an ongoing presentation of notable feature-length films from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection.

Watch IN-PERSON ONLY October 11, 2025 at 2pm at the Walker Art Center