ANT HORASANLI
BIPOC filmmaker Ant Horasanli has created a diverse body of work ranging from digital series to feature films.
Ant’s first film ‘Lost Journey’ (2011), a coming-of-age drama about an Iranian exchange student, was voted ‘Top 25 Toronto Films’ by critic Richard Crouse. It was acquired by Mongrel Media and released theatrically before being picked up by Netflix.
His second feature ‘Gear’ (2018) screened at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival as part of ‘Perspective Canada’ – a Telefilm Showcase. Ant is also the creator and writer/director/producer of all three seasons of the award-winning series ‘Petrol’.
In 2014, Ant was nominated for an Ontario Premier’s Award for ‘Excellence in the Arts’.
In 2017, he received a Canadian Screen Award© nomination for ‘Best Original Digital Series’, as well as five IAWTV Awards nominations for ‘Petrol Season 1’. That same year he was invited to be a special guest speaker at the Bogotá Audio Visual Market (BAM) on ‘Commercializing Web Series’, hosted by the CMF.
In 2018, he received another six international awards for both ‘Petrol 2’ and ‘The Runner’. In 2019, Ant was a key participant in a think tank headed by the IPF, on policies about the state of digital media projects in Canada.
In 2020, Ant was part of the Canadian Delegation of Producers invited to the Australian International Documentary Conference. During this time his third feature REV (2020) starring Vivica A. Fox, was acquired by Lionsgate and MGM. The film sold to over 25 territories worldwide and is represented internationally by Film Mode.
In 2021, Ant received a Canadian Screen Award© nomination for ‘The Runner’ in the category of ‘Best Direction’.
Most recently, Ant was one of 20 producers invited as part of the Canadian delegation for a co-production trade mission to New Zealand. The trade mission was spearheaded by Ontario Creates, Telefim Canada, and the New Zealand Film Commission.
Currently, he is producing the second season of the critically acclaimed series ‘The Runner‘.
Press:
Wangersky, Nick. “The Runner – A Digital Series That Picks Up The Pace.” Hollywood North Magazine 5 Sept. 2019.
Kay, Jeremy. “The Runner Digital Series.” AV Club 11 Nov. 2019.
Eddie, David. (Host). (2019, Feb 27). The Runner a Canadian Web Series [Radio broadcast episode]. IHeartRadio. Toronto, ON: News Talk AM1010
Dore, Allison & Brody, Jay. (Hosts). (2019, Jun 16). The Runner [Radio broadcast episode]. The Breakdown / Canada Talks. Toronto, ON: Sirius XM.
Links:
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10724306/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/therunnerseries
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheRunnerDigitalSeries
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/runnerdigitalseries/
Twitter https://twitter.com/n5pictures
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/n5pictures/