North American Premiere
Amin, an Iranian boy living in poverty during the pandemic, is gifted a stolen iPhone by his older brother. Not before long, the owner gets in touch.
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Amin Mohammadi, Mohammad Rashno, Khayyam Vaqar Kashani, Rambod Kamali, Amir Reza Naroui, Fatemeh Neishabouri, Janan Athar, Golnoush Ghahremani
Canada/Iran
2022
In Farsi with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
Amir Honarmand
Screenwriter
Amir Honarmand
Cinematography
Mohsen Hosseini
Editor
Farnaz Roshanaee
Director
Amir Honarmand
Amir Honarmand is an Iranian-Canadian writer, director and producer. After graduating from the Toronto Film School in 2006, Amir has contributed to various Short films, TV shows and feature films. His short films have participated at the São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and Fantasia. Aside from pursuing his own creative endeavors, he works as a Technical Director, most recently at Sony Pictures, and contributed to the making of such films as Hotel Transylvania, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, Mulan, and The Sea Beast.
Filmography: Be the Snow (2014); The Balance Wheel (2016)
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