Mohammad Babakoohi

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.

"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.

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.

Karun, a stray dog, fights to survive in a chaotic environment ravaged by drought.

“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.

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.