Amina Maher began her cinematic activity as the main protagonist in Abbas Kiarostami’s "Ten" which featured the real-life relationship between Amina and her mother. Afterwards she has worked on several film projects as an actor and assistant director to her mother, Mania Akbari. She began her own filmmaking practices in 2007 by filming her friends both at school and later at university. She was arrested two days after 2009 Iranian presidential election and had been subjected to serious beatings. The reasons for her arrest were her support to Iranian Green Movement and that he had been identified as an active participant during the presidential campaign.