Where All the Questions End
Graduation Film – Development Award, Dutch Film Fund
Where All the Questions End is my bachelor graduation film, a mixed-media animated short that explores
themes of identity, memory, and the emotional distance between places.
The film’s intimate narrative and visual style earned me a Wild Card development award from the Dutch Film Fund,
which was presented at the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF) 2023.
I created the film from concept to final execution — writing, designing, and producing the project,
and leading a small team of animators during the production.
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This project was a comprehensive challenge that strengthened my abilities across the entire production pipeline. Specifically, the process involved:
Creative Leadership: Translating complex, personal themes into a clear, compelling visual language and narrative.
Artistic Direction: Balancing narrative sensitivity with a strong, consistent artistic direction across mixed media.
End-to-End Production Management: Effectively managing the full production pipeline, including team delegation,
resource allocation, and meeting critical deadlines.
Team Leadership: Successfully leading and collaborating with a small, specialized team of animators, composers
and sound designers to achieve a unified vision.
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Credits:
Direction-Production-Editing: Somar Yahya.
Production: Wanisha Balak.
Original music by: Anan Alkadamani and Anas Qadamani.
Sound design and mixing: Anas Qadamani.
Female vocalist: Louise Peusens.
2D characters design: Sarah Baldwin.
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Voice acting
Protagonist: Esmail Bnaoe.
Cashier woman: Yasemin Kevser.
Old man at the supermarket: Sumai Yahya.
Voices inside the tram: Esmail Bnaoe.
Young people inside the train: Yasemin Kevser
Esmail Bnaoe
Thijmen Snoep.
Old lady in the train: Hetty Gambieraki-Vermolen.
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2D characters animators
Old man in the supermarket- Full animation: Leon Loś.
Old lady in the train-Full animation: Natalia Morczynski.
The three young people in the train-Animation- Clean-up: Emilia Blady.
The three young people inside the train- Coloring: Natalia Morczynski.
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3D
3D scanning: Somar Yahya
Clyde Hanna.
3D management-Design-render: Clyde Hanna.
3D scenes composition: Clyde Hanna.
3D character modeling: Agata Grochowska.
3D characters rigging-Animation: Andrea De Barros Rivera.
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2D Backgrounds
Design & Animation: Somar Yahya
Ahlam Khawam.
2D Mini-market scene; Character design- Animation- Background: Ahlam Khawam.
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Rotoscope Animation
Drawing & Clean up: Somar Yahya
Natalia Morczynski.
Coloring: Somar Yahya.
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Protagonist character design: Somar Yahya.
Character keyframes animation: Somar Yahya.
In-between animation: Emil Ananiev.
Motion graphics-Text: Somar Yahya.
Mixed-Media analogue Animation: Somar Yahya.
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Graduation Film – Development Award, Dutch Film Fund
Where All the Questions End is my bachelor graduation film, a mixed-media animated short that explores
themes of identity, memory, and the emotional distance between places.
The film’s intimate narrative and visual style earned me a Wild Card development award from the Dutch Film Fund,
which was presented at the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF) 2023.
I created the film from concept to final execution — writing, designing, and producing the project,
and leading a small team of animators during the production.
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This project was a comprehensive challenge that strengthened my abilities across the entire production pipeline. Specifically, the process involved:
Creative Leadership: Translating complex, personal themes into a clear, compelling visual language and narrative.
Artistic Direction: Balancing narrative sensitivity with a strong, consistent artistic direction across mixed media.
End-to-End Production Management: Effectively managing the full production pipeline, including team delegation,
resource allocation, and meeting critical deadlines.
Team Leadership: Successfully leading and collaborating with a small, specialized team of animators, composers
and sound designers to achieve a unified vision.
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Credits:
Direction-Production-Editing: Somar Yahya.
Production: Wanisha Balak.
Original music by: Anan Alkadamani and Anas Qadamani.
Sound design and mixing: Anas Qadamani.
Female vocalist: Louise Peusens.
2D characters design: Sarah Baldwin.
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Voice acting
Protagonist: Esmail Bnaoe.
Cashier woman: Yasemin Kevser.
Old man at the supermarket: Sumai Yahya.
Voices inside the tram: Esmail Bnaoe.
Young people inside the train: Yasemin Kevser
Esmail Bnaoe
Thijmen Snoep.
Old lady in the train: Hetty Gambieraki-Vermolen.
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2D characters animators
Old man in the supermarket- Full animation: Leon Loś.
Old lady in the train-Full animation: Natalia Morczynski.
The three young people in the train-Animation- Clean-up: Emilia Blady.
The three young people inside the train- Coloring: Natalia Morczynski.
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3D
3D scanning: Somar Yahya
Clyde Hanna.
3D management-Design-render: Clyde Hanna.
3D scenes composition: Clyde Hanna.
3D character modeling: Agata Grochowska.
3D characters rigging-Animation: Andrea De Barros Rivera.
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2D Backgrounds
Design & Animation: Somar Yahya
Ahlam Khawam.
2D Mini-market scene; Character design- Animation- Background: Ahlam Khawam.
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Rotoscope Animation
Drawing & Clean up: Somar Yahya
Natalia Morczynski.
Coloring: Somar Yahya.
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Protagonist character design: Somar Yahya.
Character keyframes animation: Somar Yahya.
In-between animation: Emil Ananiev.
Motion graphics-Text: Somar Yahya.
Mixed-Media analogue Animation: Somar Yahya.
