2000 Official Selection, film index

Negahban-E-Cheshmeh
The Guardian of the Spring

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Indigenous Iranian herbal seeds are used to create the story of a little girl who decides to guard the holy spring and the evil she encounters.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Negahban-E-Cheshmeh

    Directed by: Mahmood SAEMEEN

    Country: Iran

    Year of production: 1999

    Running time: 10 min

  • Technique

    Category:

    Techniques used: powder animation (sand, coloured herbal seeds)

    Process: Colour

  • Credits

    Directed by: Mahmood SAEMEEN

    Production: KANOON (INSTITUTE FOR THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN & YOUTH ADULTS)

    Based on: Zaynolabedin Hosseini

    Script: Mahmood Saemeen

    Layout: Mahmood Saemeen

    Animation: Mahmood Saemeen

    Camera: Mohammad-Rahim Bakhtiari

    Music: Behnam Sabouhi

    Sound: Changiz Sayyad

    Editing: Changiz Sayyad