Mobarez Javanmard – Independent Cinema

I make films shaped by silence, pressure, and the spaces where meaning resists explanation.

Mobarez Javanmard is a Vancouver-based writer-director whose work spans fiction, documentary, and experimental cinema. Active since the early 2000s, he has developed a practice grounded in formal restraint, durational structure, and sustained psychological tension.
Rather than relying on explanatory narratives, his films construct meaning through atmosphere, repetition, and controlled pacing. Image and sound function as structural elements, allowing perception and ambiguity to remain active within the frame. His work examines how reality is shaped, fragmented, and experienced under pressure.
Across projects, Javanmard maintains a disciplined and continuous production approach. Each film contributes to a long-term body of work developed through internal coherence, formal consistency, and archival continuity. Limitation is treated not as restriction, but as a framework for precision and clarity.
Based in Canada, he continues to develop independent projects through a self-directed production model focused on sustainability, control, and long-term artistic development.

STILL: A Version – Project Overview

STILL: A Version — Project Overview
STILL: A Version is an independent narrative film currently in post-production.
The film does not aim to explain.
It constructs a controlled environment in which perception becomes unstable and meaning is not delivered, but encountered.
Dialogue is minimal.
Structure carries the weight.
Time is extended.
Repetition is functional.
What appears is not clarified.
What is missing is not resolved.
Creative Role
Mobarez Javanmard is the writer and director.
The film’s structure, rhythm, and limitations are defined at the directorial level, with execution developed in close coordination with the cinematographer and production team.
Production
Produced by Javanmard Cinema Inc. under an independent, director-driven model.
The project operates with a controlled scale, prioritizing precision, flexibility, and direct creative oversight.

Core Credits
Writer & Director
Mobarez Javanmard
Producer
Javanmard Cinema Inc.
Director of Photography
Darcy Muenchrath
Production Managers
Ismail Aliyev
Maryam Houshmand
1st Assistant Director
Nicolas Lam
2nd Assistant Director
Brianna Vergara
Script Supervisor
Lucas Young
Production Support
Kelsey Nhu Quynh Vu
Camera Department
1st Assistant Camera: Jonas Kemecssey, Pablo Larrea
DIT: Annie Song
Behind the Scenes (BTS)
Josh Yook
Still Photographer
Etienne Santiago
Makeup Artist
Natalie Hosseinpour
Production Assistant
Dominic Zhang
Editor
Ethan Cole
Cast
Alex Zhukov
Ruby Lybbert
Bruce Stens
Florian Rose
Sophie Kaplan
Stan Jung
Josh


Visual and Narrative Approach
The camera does not guide.
It observes.
The film avoids interpretation and rejects explanatory framing.
Images are held long enough to resist comfort.
Sound does not support the image.
It interferes with it.
The structure does not offer distance.
It removes it.
Funding Structure
The project is independently financed through a combination of personal investment and professional collaboration.
Current Status
The project is in post-production.
Editing and final assembly are currently in progress.
Permits, Insurance, and Production Approach
The production operates within applicable permit and insurance frameworks.
A low-impact approach is maintained, with attention to resource use and environmental responsibility.