Silkworm
TITLE
Silkworm
DIRECTOR
Amir Honarmand
COUNTRY
Canada, Iran
YEAR
2022
DURATION
30′
GENRE
Fiction
Silkworm
A used smart phone sends a boy in rural Iran on an unexpected journey of reconnecting an estranged couple.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Amir Honarmand
Amir Honarmand is a Canadian-Iranian writer, director and producer. After graduating from the Toronto Film School with High Honors in 2006, Amir has contributed to various Short films, TV shows and feature films. His short films were premiered at the prestigious São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Fantasia. Aside from pursuing his own creative endeavors, he works as a Technical Director, most recently at Sony Pictures Imageworks, and contributed to the making of such films as Hotel Transylvania franchise, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, Mulan, and The Sea Beast.
- Director Amir Honarmand
- Screenplay Amir Honarmand, Mohammad Reza Honarmand
- Cinematography Mohsen Hosseini
- Editing Farnaz Roshanaee
- Cast Mohammad Amin Mohammadi, Mohammad Rashno, Khayyam Vaqar Kashani, Rambod Kamali
- Producer/s Amir Honarmand
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project Title Silkworm
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date June 30, 2022
- Country of origin Iran
- Country of filming Iran
- Language Persian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Amir Honarmand
Amir Honarmand is a Canadian-Iranian writer, director and producer. After graduating from the Toronto Film School with High Honors in 2006, Amir has contributed to various Short films, TV shows and feature films. His short films were premiered at the prestigious São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Fantasia. Aside from pursuing his own creative endeavors, he works as a Technical Director, most recently at Sony Pictures Imageworks, and contributed to the making of such films as Hotel Transylvania franchise, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, Mulan, and The Sea Beast.
Tirana International Film Festival
KIDs +11, Panorama Competition, 2022
