Job:
Based on the song "Inshallah" by STING
Agency:
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Year:
2021
FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND is a new animated film to the song “Inshallah” by Sting. The voyage of Noor and her little brother Joseph highlights the stories of over 400,000 unaccompanied child refugees roaming homeless today.
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The trailer premiered on the UN website in December, headlining their 70th anniversary of UNHCR. The full film will be released in 2021 following its international festival run. It will be available on multiple platforms to be streamed and shared for trauma storytelling workshops. The narrative blends harsh reality and tragedy with resilience as we follow the children’s magical imagination through loss and recovery.
After careful research and a story development collaboration, Maya joined forces with the Brazilian animation studio Dirty Work and their directos Gustavo Leal and Faga Melo to create this film to Sting’s music. This is a British-Brazilian co-production that aims to educate and draw attention to the reality of refugees, told from the point of view of a child.
Little Noor and her brother Josef see their lives torn apart when an explosive earthquake hits home. Instantly, the children lose their father, and the happy world they used to live in. With the protection of their mother they face danger and more tragedy. The children lose their mother. Alone, they persist on a journey through mysterious lands and magical waters. The crossing is full of challenges, until they manage to reach safe land.
This film was made during COVID 19 lockdown. Nowadays the film continues its run through festivals around the world, that’s why we can’t show the film as a whole on our website. More information to come 🙂
A film by
Maya Sanbar together with Dirty Work
Director
Gustavo Leal, Faga Melo, Maya Sanbar
Produced by
Gillian Gordon and Fernanda Zaffari
Executive producer
Sting, Bobby Sager, Sawsan Asfari, Ito Andery, Hwira’ti Gibin
Screenplay
Pedro Paulo de Andrade, Maya Sanbar
Story Development
Sita Brahmachari, Onjali Q. Raúf
Head of Production
Jessica Sales
Production Assistant
Aline Buzi
Art Director
Felms
Storyboard
Piatã Esteves, Ricardo Solimeno, Gustavo Leal
Animatic
Faga Melo, Gustavo Leal
Character Supervision
Piatã Esteves
Character Design
Felms, Piatã Esteves, Vencys Lao, Bruno Guma , Nayan Bicalho, Ana Rocha, Renata
Nolasco
Character Colourist
Ana Rocha, Renata Nolasco
Background Illustrator
Michel Ramalho, Alexandre Leoni, Tiago Calliari, Patrick Dias, Kevin Gnutzmans, Yuri
Campos, Thiago Baggins, Gabriel Alves, Vencys Lao, Piatã Esteves
Background Colorist
Ana Rocha, Renata Nolasco, Michel Ramalho, Alexandre Leoni, Tiago Calliari, Patrick
Dias, Kevin Gnutzmans, Thiago Baggins, Gabriel Alvez
Color Script
Felms, Yuri Campos
Traditional Animation Director
Jefferson Lima
Lead Animators
Jefferson Lima, Robson Menezes dos Santos, Lucas Franci, Ivanildo Soares, Victor Bolo,
Rosinaldo Lages, Genoviz Pagani Filho, Leonardo Moore, Gabriel Abreu, Gui Klein, Elias
Velho
Assistant Animators
Rafaela Yamazato, Mauricio Brant, Matheus Manso, Rillian Costa, Juliana Gouvêa,
Stephanie de Oliveira, Junior Soares, Bruna Santana, Isabel Rodriguez,Ali Chehaude
Bark Neto, Brenda Maryan, Carolina Senra, Flavio Sandro Oliveira da Costa, Jefferson
Melo, Jonatas F. S. Souza, Kaleo Mendes, Reinaldo Keintiro Yamada, Renan Kogut,
Vitor Lages, Paula M. Urbinati
Cut Out 2D Animation/Compositing Director
Caique Moretto
Cut Out Animators/Compositing
Larissa Garcia, Ricardo La Bella, Ricardo Lopes, Christopher Rocha,
Pedro Fernandes
Audio Post Production
Input – Audio Sonora
Sound Supervisor
Rafael Benvenuti
Audio Post Production Coordinator
Mario Di Poi, Maria Silva
Sound Editor
Danilo Chen
Music Coordinator
Tiago Resende
Sound Effects and Ambient Editing
Rene Hendrick, Adriana Norat
Foley Artist
Mauricio Castaneda
Foley Recordist
Nathaly Martinez
Foley Editor
Diego Hernandez
Sound Re-Recording Mix
Stanley Gilman
Additional Music
“Coming Home” – Gabriel de Goes Gabriel
Courtesy of Inputsom Arte Sonora Ltda
Actors
Mom: Mariana Chiuso
Dad: Danilo Chen
Noor: Lara Boldorini
Joseph: Cauã Martins
Original Drawings
Bebel Callage
Contributing Artist Additional Drawings
Damian Rayne
Story Consultants
Selma Dabbagh, Gillian Gordon
Workshop Creative Guides
Sita Brahmachari, Yvette Robinson
Script Development Research
Rodrigo Brucoli
