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/