Accolades
WGC Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize Winner
PLEASE, AFTER YOU (Feature) – Selected as a winner of the Writer’s Guild of Canada Jim Burt Prize for best unproduced script.
Daryl Duke Prize Winner
PORT OF CALL (Feature) – Awarded a prize of $25,000 for excellence in a screenplay for an unproduced long-form dramatic film telling a fictional story.
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Nominee
PLEASE, AFTER YOU (Feature) was nominated for Best Canadian Feature Film (including best screenplay) at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival
Harold Greenberg Fund Recipient
PLEASE, AFTER YOU (Feature) – Received $10,000 in development funding to write the third draft of script.
Whistler Film Festival Screenwriting Lab
Selected to take part in a 6-month feature script development program in Whistler, B.C. to develop both creative skills and business opportunities for my writing projects.
Canadian Film Fest Script Finalist
PORT OF CALL (Feature) – Selected as a finalist from over 200 feature script submissions in the 2017 Harold Greenberg Fund Canadian Film Fest Script Contest.
Press
The Globe and Mail
Daryl Duke Screenwriting Prize - Feature Article
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-amir-kahnamouee-wins-daryl-duke-prize-for-port-of-call-screenplay/
Canadian Screenwriter Magazine
Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize announcement
https://www.wgc.ca/sites/default/files/resource/2019-06/CanScreen-Vol21No3%20%281%29.pdf
Playback Magazine
Whistler Film Festival Borsos Competition Nominee Announcement
https://playbackonline.ca/2024/10/28/whistler-film-festival-sets-12-canadian-films-for-2024-lineup/
Playback Magazine
Canadian Film Festival - Industry Panel Talk Announcement
https://playbackonline.ca/2025/03/11/canadian-film-fest-unveils-industry-panel-series/
Playback Magazine
Harold Greenberg Funding Recipient Announcement
https://playbackonline.ca/2020/12/04/harold-greenberg-fund-supports-28-projects/