Nokhodi
Marzieh Sadeghi
© Marzieh Sadeghi 2021
Based on a Persian Folktale
Film Poster
- 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:
Maman, Nokhodi, Baba
The Helpers 
The king, The Guard 
The Villagers 
The Neighbourhood Kids
MAMAN (Turnaround) 
MAMAN (Facial Expressions) 
BABA (Turnaround) 
BABA (Facial Expressions) 
THE KING (Turnaround) 
THE GUARD (Turnaround) 
THE LION (Turnaround) 
THE WATER (Turnaround) 
NOKHODI (Turnaround)
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.
