Sofia El Khyari
Morocco
Writer and Animation Director
Cinema

Sofia El Khyari
Morocco
Writer and Animation Director
Cinema

Featured Artist

RedZone
2021
The shadow of the butterflies
Haunted by the memory of a bygone love, a woman resorts to contemplating the butterflies that inhabit a mysterious forest. She is overcome by complex nostalgic feelings that are both beautiful and bitter as daydreams blend with reality, fancy with depression, and pleasure with pain. It eventually becomes clear that these moments, which the woman thought of as an escape, were the most powerful way to confront reality in preparation for a rebirth.

Grantee

Exceptional Grants for Supporting Artists & Writers
2020
The shadow of the butterflies
Animated short film “The shadow of the butterflies”
Haunted by the memory of a bygone love, a woman resorts to contemplating the butterflies that inhabit a mysterious forest. She is overcome by complex nostalgic feelings that are both beautiful and bitter as daydreams blend with reality, fancy with depression, and pleasure with pain. It eventually becomes clear that these moments, which the woman thought of as an escape, were the most powerful way to confront reality in preparation for a rebirth.