Mohammad Babakoohi
Directing
Biography
Born in 1995, Mohammad Babakoohi is an Iranian animation director. He graduated from the École des Gobelins school of visual arts in Paris in 2019, where he co-directed Dogs. In 2022 he completed his course at La Poudrière, where he directed. L'Élégie des mille grues, Les Trois Petits Bergers for the Espoirs de l'Animation (broadcast on the French TV channel Gulli), and his graduation film Feux.
Known For
Two pebbles meet in an unreal landscape and form a moving friendship. They walk together until they become one. The first part of a collection called “Fresh Out of School”, based on poems on the theme of friendship.
You Are...
A young Polish partisan flees from the Warsaw Uprising. Whilst hiding in the yard of a countryside manor, he is chased up a tree by a large wolfhound. With his rifle out of reach, there seems to be no way to escape his predicament.
Dogs
In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the law that restricted immigration based explicitly on nationality. In practice, the Act banned entry to anyone who was Chinese.
The Dark History of the Chinese Exclusion Act
"What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?" The Hangman at Home is an animated film exploring themes surrounding acknowledgement and the awkward intimacy of humanness. Told in five interwoven stories; each situation presents a person, or persons in a delicate moment: fragile, playful, terrified, contemplated, confused, curious… We are all very much alike in these moments - alerting us to question our own responsibility and responses. Inspired by Carl Sandburg’s chilling poem of the same name.
The Hangman at Home
Karun, a stray dog, fights to survive in a chaotic environment ravaged by drought.
Feux
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Short Cuts : La Couleur Pourpre de Steven Speilberg
“The Color Purple” by Steven Spielberg animated and summarized in 1 minute by Mohammad Babakoohi. Inspired by some paintings by Felix Vallotton in visual research.