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Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi 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 student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

Director and art director: Reza Dolatabadi
Written by Reza Dolatabadi & Mark Szalos Farkas
Animation by Adam Thomson
Music by Hamed Mafakheri

-- Winner of the Best Animation Canary Wharf Film Festival (London) Aug, 2008
-- Winner of the Best Student Animation Flip Festival (Birmingham) 2008
-- Award Nominee, Bacup Film Festival (Rossendale) Oct, 2008

Official Selections
-- 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