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She is known for directing the films, Joy of Madness (2003), Buddha Collapsed out of Shame (2007) and Green Days (2009). Makhmalbaf won the Lina Mangiacapre Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2003 for ''Joy of Madness. Joy of Madness'' also won the Special Jury Prize at Tokyo FILMex. Makhmalbaf's film Buddha Collapsed out of Shame won various awards as well, such as the Paolo Ungari UNICEF Prize from the Rome Film Fest and the Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

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Makhmalbaf’s film involvement began early in her life. By age three, she had already attended the Cannes Film Festival. Her own work gained attention by age eight when the Locarno Film Festival screened her first short film titled The Day My Aunt Was Ill.

Makhmalbaf expressed interest in being a painter, but did not like the "loneliness" that she described in the art form. She then was drawn to filmmaking, and she found the on-set experience compelling. In an interview, Makhmalbaf explained that hearing the words "lights, camera, action" was exciting and had a "strange power".

Makhmalbaf decided she did not want to continue attending school when she was eight years old. She then switched to her father’s film academy and studio. The film academy and studio was the Makhmabaf Film House in her hometown of Tehran. Makhmalbaf outlined her education there by explaining that they learned about many art forms such as painting, photography and cinema. She noted that she had to keep up with what her peers were learning in addition to studying at the film academy. Makhmalbaf began to miss her previous schooling and went back for a few weeks. However, she quickly realized she would rather be the Makhmabaf Film House after experience the formal education system again.

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Makhmalbaf‘s debut documentary was entitled Joy of Madness. In Joy of Madness, Makhmalbaf follows the creation of her older sister, Samira Makhmalbaf's, film, At Five in the Afternoon. Makhmalbaf was 13 when she made Joy of Madness. She was described as being able to blend in and remain overlooked as she shot her film among the production. She notes that she was able to capture so much on film because her age caused people to not to hide from her since they did not take her seriously.

When Joy of Madness premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Makhmalbaf was legally too young to attend her own screening under Italian law. Joy of Madness screened at the Cannes Film Festival where Makhmalbaf beat the record of the youngest person to have a film screened in the festival. The record was previously held by her sister, Samira, who had broke the record at the age of seventeen.

Joy of Madness was also screened at the London International Film Festival in November of 2004. Makhmalbaf and her sister, Samira, were both in attendance at the festival as Samira's film Five in the Afternoon was also screened at the London International Film Festival.

After Joy of Madness, Makhmalbaf moved to her second film entitled Buddha Collapsed out of Shame.

Makhmalbaf’s next film, Green Days was a documentary focussing on the Iranian elections in 2009. After protests broke out due to questionable and controversial election results, Makhmalbaf made use of footage from protesters. This footage included cell phone clips, and video that had been anonymously posted online and were used in the climax of the film. After only a few months after the protests, Green Days screeneed at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. Makhmalbaf and her family left Iran shortly after the film’s premiere.

After Green Days, Makhmalbaf went on to work on her father’s film, The President. In 2015, Makhmalbaf announced her next film, entitled Single Mother. Many of Malkhmalbaf's family members worked on the film, with her father, Mohsen Malkhmalbaf, writing the script, and her brother, Maysam Malkhmalbaf, producing it. Malhmalbaf and her family spent time in Italy when working on the script.