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Deep in a valley, surrounded on all sides by high, jagged mountains live a town of ceramic people. Fearful of being broken, the inhabitants live a cautious life, with only the very brave attempting to climb the rockface.
Deep in a valley, surrounded on all sides by high, jagged mountains live a town of ceramic people. Fearful of being broken, the inhabitants live a cautious life, with only the very brave attempting to climb the rockface. One day, a girl from the valley becomes curious about what lies beyond the mountains and embarks on a wonderful, but perilous adventure of self-discovery and reinvention.

Credits

Director
Kholoud Al-Ali
Screenwriter
Kholoud Al-Ali
Producer
Basel Owies
Production Company
Doha Film Institute
Sound
Ben Mohamed
Mixing
Matt Howe
Music
Tamer Qarrain

About the Director

Kholoud Al-Ali
Kholoud Al Ali is an award-winning Qatari animation writer and director. She studied Art Education at Qatar University and later worked at Al-Jazeera Children’s Channel, writing and directing the children’s series ‘My Little World’, as well as many episodes and songs for various children’s TV programmes. Kholoud has directed two short films with DFI: ‘Red’ (2017) and ‘Fragile’ (2019). Kholoud is t