Hana Makhmalbaf: "Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame" (1)

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Nineteen-year-old Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf (daughter of Mohsen and younger sister of Samira) presented "Buda az sharm foru rikht") in the section Generation Kplus (for children of 11 years and older) at the Berlinale 2008. Apart from winning the principal prize of that section, the film also received the 23rd Film Peace Prize, awarded by the IPPNW. It tells the story of 5-year-old Bakhtay who lives in the Afghan town of Bamiyan where in 2001 the Taliban blew up the famous Buddha ...