Catfish
Festival Year:
2025
Director: Amirhossein Mehmandoost
Producer: Amirhossein Mehmandoost
Screenwriter: Amirhossein Mehmandoost
Short Synopsis:
Mahi is a student who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. As a result of an apparent defect from birth, so she has chosen to live independently in her own student house without her family, however, she faces big challenges on the first day of living with her neighbor in her new house
Director’s biography:
Amir Hossein Mehmandoost
Born in 1991, he is an Iranian director, actor, and screenwriter. He graduated from the Iranian Youth Cinema Association and has been an actor in theater, cinema, and television projects for nearly 10 years since 2008. In 2019, he graduated from the Iran Youth Cinema Association and made his first short film.
Filmography:
Flipped/Short Fiction/ 2021
Inherit/Short Fiction/ 2022
Catfish/Short Fiction/ 2024
Jahan’s Silence/Short Fiction/2025
Director’s statement:
Fears develop in the human mind and gradually cast a shadow over the whole life of a person, a shadow that dims even the brightest days of life, and the only way to overcome them is to confront them.
So through the use of subgenres and combining genres, me and my brilliant team of “Catfish” attempted to illustrate how if the fears and negative thoughts that arise in childhood are not dealt with, they can have a significant impact on the youth and middle-age years of a person’s life.