Hadi Babaeifar

Born in Tehran, Iran in 1983, he discovered his interest in cinema at the age of 20 and bought his own camera. He studied film criticism and acting at the Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture while simultaneously working as a photographer on several feature film sets. When he was 32, he embarked on a directing degree in Tehran, graduating in 2018. His debut short film Deer premiered in Generation in 2022 and is the first part of his animal trilogy. Goosfand is the second film in the trilogy.