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Entry 30 / Animated short film / Oct 14 · 9:49 AM EDT

The Boat That Returned a Star

A paper boat finds a fallen star in a rainy street. Their journey through a bottomless puddle becomes a tiny fairy tale about helping someone find their way home.

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🌠 This time, I decided to make a little animated film.

🎬 The Boat That Returned a Star

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On Thursday, the sky misplaced a star.

It fell into a puddle on a rainy city street. Nobody noticed, except a little paper boat.

The boat offered the star a ride.

What neither of them knew was that the puddle had no bottom.

And so began an unlikely journey.

I drew and animated the scenes, composed a gentle instrumental soundtrack, and assembled everything into a short film. There are no borrowed images or recordings.

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I particularly enjoyed inventing the ending: the boat becomes a constellation, so that the next lost star will know where to go.

A tiny fairy tale about helping someone find their way home—and accidentally finding somewhere to belong yourself. 🌙

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