Mahnaz Afzali (مهناز افضلی) made a name for herself as a documentary filmmaker after releasing her film The Red Card. Before this she was well-known as a theatre, cinema, and TV actor.
Mahnaz Afzali began her cinematic career in 1986 by appearing in the fictional film Report on the Murder. She also starred in The Night-Shift Nurse, Crossing the Haze, Suspicion, The Heavenly Earth and Tears and Smiles.
Before her film The Red Card, she had already made her first documentary Without a
...Witness in 2000. Her other documentaries include The Ladies’ Room, which focuses on homeless women living in parks. In addition to making documentaries and acting, Mahnaz Afzali has presented the radio program Cinema and Music and she has narrated several documentary films.
Mahnaz Afzali received the Golden Dolphin for best film at the ‘Kish’ Documentary Film Festival for her film The Ladies’ Room in 2004.
Mahnaz Afzali (مهناز افضلی) has been a Actor in some movies:
Mahnaz Afzali (مهناز افضلی) has been a Director in some movies:
The Red Card is about that 'The Red Card' focuses on one of the most complicated and controversial criminal cases in Iran's judiciary history. It follows the trail of 34-year-old woman Shahla Jahed, who in 2002 was arrested for the brutal murder of Laleh Saharkhizan, the wife of famous Iranian footballer Naser Mohammadkhani. In the film, director Mahnaz Afzalli powerfully conveys the circumstances surrounding the trial, including public responses to the murder, and the long-time love affair between Jahed and Mohammadkhani which led to the murder. Scenes from the court sessions, and honest moments of confession that bring taboos out into the open add to the drama of this fascinating documentary. In this film Mahnaz Afzali (مهناز افضلی) collaborates with Hassan Pourshirazi (حسن پورشیرازی), Bahman Kiarostami (بهمن کیارستمی), Mohammadreza Derakhshan (محمدرضا درخشان), Khadijeh Jahed (خدیجه جاهد), Iman Vaziri (ایمان وزیری)
