Natiki - Folklore

Natiki is a hand-crafted 2D animated short produced by Noble Pictures and directed by Sheldon Noble, adapting one of the stories from Nelson Mandela’s Favourite African Folktales. The source tale comes from a storyteller in Namaqualand and follows a beautiful young woman with two ugly sisters, kept busy with chores by her mother; she arrives late to a dance, dressed so strikingly that not even her family recognises her, and wins the heart of a young hunter. It’s often described as a Cinderella-like tale with distinctly Southern African roots, and the film carries themes of courage, magic and heritage.