1-Atal matal tootooleh
35mm, color, 5’, 1974, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
First experience in Iran, to translate a nursery rhyme into
Animation language.
2- A playground For Babousch
35mm, color, 7’, 1992, Royal academy of fine arts
(Belgium)
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Babousch’s balloon happens to fall in moon while he is playing
with it. Neither an austernut can bring it back nor the flying carpet rider.
It is Babousch –after all- who gets it back, riding on the top of a ladder of his animal playmates.
3- Association of ideas
35mm, Black & white, 4’, 19, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
A continuous metamorphosis of “objects” and characters from wester
Cultural symbols.
4-The mad mad mad world
35mm, Black & white, 3.5’, 1975, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Map of the countries, countries and islands are barking, breaking,
tearing and eating their neighbors. But when they make love (of
the scenery) all the world lays in peace.
5- Duty, first
16mm, color, 43’’, 1992, Royal academy of fine arts
(Belgium)
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
A policeman is running to catch a thief? …
To jump over a lady? …
To reach the train? …
But to fix a gramophone which is repeating a note all the time?
6- A way to neighbor
35mm, color, 12’, 1977, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Two neighbors shake hands. When they leave, one has stolen the hand of the other one!
7-Amir Hamza the lover and the dancing zebra
35mm, color, 26’, 1977, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
King Hamza hunts a zebra. But the zebra is a princess,
being turned to animal by the magician vizir. The rest is a love story
In Qajar style.
8-One, two, three, more …
35mm, color, 18’, 1980, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Music: Abass Dabr- Danesh
A poor man in five episodes. The poor man finds a treasure;
But he still wants more. This greediness destroys him five times in
five episodes.
9- Flippo and a train from Hong Kong
35mm, color, 18’, 1993, Kanoon*
Director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Flippo is happy with his old locomotive, but as soon as his father bring
Him a modern one from Hong Kong, a childish competition, brings them sweet adventures.
10- Super Powers 35mm, Black & white, 12’, 1987, Kanoon*
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Plus (+) and Minus (-) are actually math symbols, but in animation they become two super powers who fight all the time and finally destroy each others to death.
(This film which was made during Iraq-Iran war, won national award (Fajr 1987) but did not participate in any intl. festivals, because of War.)
11- Sindbad
Feature animation, color, 1988-91, Franck Film – Finnam-co.
Designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Tehran – Helsinki – Hollywood
Unfinished
12-Optimus Mundus
35mm, color, 60’’, 1992
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Sponsor: City of Moscow
A spot film for 830th anniversary of city of Moscow.
A “mouse” plays with a “cow” and make Moscow together.
13-Identity
35mm, color, 30’’, 1992, UNICEF
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
“Every child has right to have country land and identity” UNICEF
14-Pood
Digital, color, 17’, 1998, Saba
Writer & designer & director: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
“How the carpet was innovated?”
Idea: Nader Ebrahimy
15- Exellencies
35mm, color, 12’, under production
Director & Designer: Noureddin Zarrinkelk
Drawings: Hasan Tabrizi
In the general assembly, many beautiful speeches about peace, love, freedom, humanity and … is delivered;
But it gradually turns to violence and terror.
When all the attendies are killed, the real representatives of nations i.e: The flags, take over the UN.
* Kanoon: Institute for international development of children and young adults
