Hana Makhmalbaf (Persian: حنا مخملباف; born September 3, 1988, in Tehran) is an Iranian filmmaker.

Makhmalbaf won the Lina Mangiacapre Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2003 for Joy of Madness (2003).

In an interview, Makhmalbaf explained that hearing the words "lights, camera, action" was exciting and had a "strange power".

In the Makhmalbaf Film House, the students learned about many art forms such as painting, photography and cinema.

[4] Makhmalbaf was able to take advantage of being only 13 to amass much candid digital footage when Samira was trying to persuade Afghan people to take part in her film.

[2] When Joy of Madness(2003) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Makhmalbaf was too young to attend her own screening under Italian law.

Makhmalbaf made use of footage from protesters by inter-cutting scenes of the post-election violence garnered from cell-phone and other amateur videos circulating anonymously.