Babak and Friends

[1] The film was made to teach children about the Persian New Year Norooz, celebrating the coming of spring and is about a little boy named Babak who is stuck between being Iranian and being American.

Through a dream and magical visit by Amoo norooz, Babak learns to be proud of his heritage and celebrates the New Year with his family.

It included the voices of oscar-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, Ali Pourtash and Catherine Bell.

The movie was produced in both English and Persian as a language-learning tool for Iranian-American children.

The producers used this and other channels such as film festivals and Amazon to gain traction for distribution.