Silent Burden
Cultural Memory & RitualA dialogue-free animated short set near Yazd, exploring grief, Zoroastrian funerary traditions, cultural memory, and a daughter’s encounter with inherited responsibility.
Written & directed by Mona Khorsandi.
Films & Animation Projects
A selection of short films and animation projects written, directed, or developed by Mona Khorsandi in collaboration with filmmakers and production partners. Detailed dossiers and screeners can be provided separately upon request.
The Last Jar
Water, Heritage & StewardshipA dialogue-free animated short rooted in the cultural landscape of the Persian qanat. As water disappears from her ancestral village, Rana follows clues carried by her mother’s repaired ceramic jar and must transform a private inheritance into an act of survival and stewardship.
Directed by Yalda Khorshidi · Written by Mona Khorsandi · Produced by Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS).
Blue Dustpan
Children & Environmental StorytellingA completed 3D animated short for children, developed as Mona Khorsandi’s practical M.A. thesis project at the University of Art, Tehran. The film uses playful anthropomorphic characters to engage with environmental responsibility and recycling.
Directed by Mona Khorsandi.
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The Allegory of the Cave
Philosophy & Visual NarrativeA philosophical stop-motion animation inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, exploring perception, reality, knowledge, and liberation through symbolic visual storytelling.
Directed by Sohail Ghafarzadeh · Written by Mona Khorsandi.
The Ninth Life
Memory, Identity & RebirthA cross-cultural animated journey following one consciousness through nine lives, times, and places. Using recurring gestures, match cuts, landscape, and movement, the project explores memory, sacrifice, identity, and rebirth across visual time.
Written & directed by Mona Khorsandi.