Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Graduation Project by students, The Animation Workshop/VIA University College, 2025

Synopsis:
Surrounded by the roots of a withering tree, the soul of an old woman leaves her former body behind. Unsure of where to go next, the old woman finds a guide in a mythological snake who leads her towards the lush afterlife. On her way, she experiences a blissful encounter with the soul of a small child.

Credits
Direction: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen
Production management: Emilia Tobiasz, Emma Nørholm Hansen
Art Direction: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emma Nørholm Hansen
Visual Development: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emilia Tobiasz, Emma Nørholm Hansen, Sara Bellafá, Terence Winterstein, Chiara D’Ambrosio
Technical Direction: Chiara D’Ambrosio, Emilia Tobiasz
Pipeline management: Chiara D’Ambrosio
Animation Lead: Sara Bellafá
Storyboard: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emma Nørholm Hansen
Editing: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emilia Tobiasz
Layout: Sara Bellafá
Backgrounds: Emilia Tobiasz, Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen
Animation: Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen, Emma Nørholm Hansen, Sara Bellafá, Terence Winterstein, Chiara D’Ambrosio
CG Generalist: Emilia Tobiasz
Compositing: Emilia Tobiasz, Sara Bellafá
Music: David T. Mortensen
Sound: Anders Søndergaard, William Krag

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