Homunculus (Golnoush Ansari) Iran |

Homunculus
Golnoush Ansari
Iran. 2023. 13 min

Living in seclusion and despair, a carpenter tries to escape his misery by fitting himself inside his handmade sofa in order to get himself out of his workshop and live vicariously in a hotel café but ends up in a famous writer’s house about whom he has been obsessing for a while.

GOLNOUSH ANSARI

Golnoush Ansari is an Iranian filmmaker.
Studied graphic design in art school , then completed both her bachelor’s and masters degree in Art and Architecture university of Tehran in the field Directing/Dramatic Arts.
While studying, she directed a play named “Hedda Gabler” written by Henrik Ibsen which was performed in Art Center in Tehran( Khaneh Honarmandan).
After graduation from her masters(2019), she wrote and directed an experimental short film which led her to explore more about filmmaking.
And on 2023 she made her first live action short film named Homunculus.

DIRECTOR´S NOTE

If you could be something else in your life, what would you choose to be?
As a child I used to think about that all the time. Seeking to be a better observer a better explorer.
Growing up and experiencing life, I learned that the answer to the question I had in my childhood is one thing; self explore.
In my film I tried to portray the thoughts and emotions of a man that has been isolated, living his life away from people, and how he developed the thoughts and obsession about being something else. “What if he could?” “What if it changes his life?”
This movie talks about transformation. And by that I do not mean only physically, but mentally and emotionally.

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