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Silkworm

کرم ابریشم

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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Cast

Amin Mohammadi, Mohammad Rashno, Khayyam Vaqar Kashani, Rambod Kamali, Amir Reza Naroui, Fatemeh Neishabouri, Janan Athar, Golnoush Ghahremani

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Country of Origin

Canada/Iran

Year

2022

Language

In Farsi with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
25 min

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Producer

Amir Honarmand

Screenwriter

Amir Honarmand

Cinematography

Mohsen Hosseini

Editor

Farnaz Roshanaee

Director

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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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