The Fisherman

Short Film/ Iran/ 12 min/2023

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Director: Janbarari Tonekaboni, Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari

Screenwriter: Manan Janbarari

Director of Photography: Davood Rahmani

Production: Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari

Production Designer: Teymour Nurbaksh

Cast: Nadia Faraji, Ahmad Kazemi

Synopsis:

While fishing, an old man comes across a suit that looks like it came ashore from the sea. Inside the pocket, he finds something that worries him even more.

Director’s biography:

Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari is an Iranian writer and director, born in 1975. He has 20 years of experience in television and cinema as a screenwriter and independent documentary filmmaker. Throughout his career, he has produced over 10 outstanding short and feature documentary films. In 2014, his film “Mashti Esmaeil” won the best mid-length documentary award at the Vision de Reel Film Festival. His documentary “Water, Wind, Dust, Bread” also received a special mention at the 34th IDFA Documentary Film Festival and was honored at the Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival.

Director Janbarari Tonekaboni was born in 1982 in Babol, Iran. He holds an associate degree in film directing and has made four short films.