Nokhodi

© Marzieh Sadeghi 2021

Based on a Persian Folktale

• Title: Nokhodi
• Director: Marzieh Sadeghi
• Year Completed: 2021
• Country of production: Canada
• Media: 2D Digital Animation
• Film genre: Folktale

Film Synopsis:

A chickpea named Nokhodi comes to life fulfilling a lonely woman’s wish and pursues an adventure that ends oppression in their land.

Colour Script:

Film Stills:

Film Credits:

• Director, Marzieh Sadeghi
• Music Composer & Sound Designer, Ahmad Mohamadian
• Vocal Actors, Kyle Rideout, Rogin Rashidan, Farnaz Ohadi
• Animation, Marzieh Sadeghi, Tatiana Plyasova
• Layout Designer, Marzieh Sadeghi
• Background Colourist, Shohreh Shirzadi, Marzieh Sadeghi
• Clean-up & Colour, Marzieh Sadeghi, Tatiana Plyasova, Liliya Eruysal, Andrea Chiang, Cameron Kletke

Special Thanks:

• Lorelei Pepi
• Leslie Bishko
• My Family and Friends

Pre-Production, Character Design:

Artist’s Statement:

Since childhood, my hand has always held a pencil, endlessly putting to paper the characters and images that race through my imagination. Through the years, as my creativity and artistic skills developed, I longed to use movement to bring my art to life and so turned my attention to 2D animation. Since Persian folktales were the original birthplace of my childhood fantasies, I have decided to create a film about one of my favourite characters, a Persian folk hero named Nokhodi.