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SHORT FILMS

KHODA, 2008

LA RITOURNELLE, 2011

KHODA, 2008

Story, Art Direction & Direction

KHODA

What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible.

Official Selections

Winner of the Best Animation Canary Wharf Film Festival (London) Aug, 2008

Winner of the Best Student Animation Flip Festival (Birmingham) 2008

Winner of the Best Student Animation, Royal Television Society Award, Scotland (rts) 2009

Official selection for the “Best Short Film Program” at Waterford Film Festival (Ireland) November 2008

16TH FILM FESTIVAL CONTRAVISION (Berlin) Sept 2008

Marbella International Film Festival (Spain) Oct 2008

Encounter Film Festival (Bristol, UK) Nov 2008

Exposures Film Festival (Manchester, UK) Nov 2008

Renderyard Short Film Festival (London)

Flip Animation Festival (Birmingham) Nov, 2008

Animated Dreams (Tallinn) Nov, 2008

Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival (Toronto) Nov 2008

Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) (Alaska, USA) December 2008

LA RITOURNELLE, 2011

Animation Director & Producer

RIT

“La Ritournelle” is a 20 minute independent short film, which was started in 2011.  

All works © 2026 Reza Dolatabadi

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