Babek Aliassa

Babek Aliassa was born in Iran He studied architecture in Paris then cinema at La Fémis Soon after arriving in Canada in 1996 he settled in Toronto and became involved in its Frenchspeaking artistic community for which he founded the Laboratoire dart After directing a short film and two documentaries he moved to Montreal to make his first feature film Halal Butcher Shop 2012 The theme of immigration is central to his work and greatly influenced by the many times Babek has moved in his life from France to Iran and from English Canada to Belarus before settling down in Quebec He has served on the board of Diversité artistique Montréal DAM to promote more inclusive representation on stage and screen Babek is also a producer