Specifications:

Project Title: BEYOND THE HORIZONCompletion Date: October 22, 2025Country of Origin: AlgeriaRuntime:3 minute 55 secondsFormat: Digital Style : Ghibli animationAspect Ratio: 16:9Genre: Poetic / dramaDirector: Mohamed Ait HamouTechnical Production: Animated short film created using artificial intelligence tools

Synopsis:

After a tsunami destroys her island home, Lyra, a young painter, sets sail alone across the ocean with her dog, Kai.Guided only by memory, light, and dreams, she reaches a mysterious island , a place alive with impossible colors and forms , where her soul rediscovers the palette of life she thought was lost.

Director Statement:   

I wanted to tell that fragile moment when, after chaos, something begins to breathe again.Lyra is not a conventional heroine , she is a broken soul rebuilding herself through light, matter, and color.The island she discovers is more than a magical land; it’s a metaphor for returning to oneself.Beyond the Horizon explores the secret passage between loss and rebirth, between mourning and creation.The visual language is deeply poetic:Living colors as emotionsSilences that speak louder than wordsA diffuse light that reveals what dialogue cannotEach frame is conceived as a moving canvas, a heartbeat, an emotion painted rather than explained.It is an ode to beauty as healing, and to that invisible force that drives us, even shattered, to dream again.Mohamed Ait Hamou