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After her grandmother’s passing, a young woman clears out an old house and discovers a trunk filled with white elechek ribbons—a traditional Kyrgyz women’s headdress. As she unfolds the fabric, she immerses herself in memories of her grandmother and the women of her lineage, trying to discern where tradition ends and an imposed life script begins. A short animated film about memory, female heritage, and the right to choose one’s own path.

Runtime: 3 minutes
Technique: Frame-by-frame animation

Synopsis

A young woman is clearing out her deceased grandmother’s house before her family moves. In a back room, she discovers an old trunk draped with white fabric. At first, she considers the cloth useless and casually sets it aside. However, a photograph on the inside of the lid—depicting her grandmother and her mother in headdresses—makes her pause and view the find differently. Unfolding the fabric, the protagonist is transported to the past: the day before leaving for her husband’s home, the young grandmother cannot wrap her headscarf, and her mother does it for her, explaining how it should be worn and what others might say. The memories pass from one generation to the next. Back in the present, the young woman tries to wrap the headscarf herself but stops, takes it off, and arranges a single wrap in her own way. She leaves the fabric beside the photograph instead of putting it back in the trunk and steps out into the yard toward the apple tree.

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Work Plan

October–November: visual research, storyboarding, character design

December: animatic, backgrounds

January–April: animation, backgrounds

May: compositing, sound design

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Project created at 22.10.2026