Ashkan Rahgozar

Ashkan Rahgozar is the founder and chief executive of Hoorakhsh Studios, established in 2005 for 2D animation production. He directs many domestic products of Hoorakhsh Studios including short and feature animations, music videos, computer games, graphic novels and animated collections. His works have been nominated and awarded in numerous domestic and international festivals. Ashkan’s first animated feature “The Last Fiction” became the first Iranian animated film qualified for Oscars in 2020. His new film Juliet & the King start its journey to the festivals, Recently, his follow-up title “The Dragon’s Treasure” also made its way to the 2021 Annecy’s Mifa Pitches. Ashkan won first Fajr Film Festival trophy for animation movie in the history of this festival. Fajr is the most important Iranian film festival. Over the past 20 years, he and his team have been making the greatest animated films in Iran without government support and financial aid.