Marigold
A girl builds a paper version of her grandmother so the stories don't have to end.
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Followers
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Synopsis
After her grandmother's death, eight-year-old Noor starts building her out of marigold paper — one memory, one fold at a time. A hand-crafted animated film about grief told through papercraft and stop-motion textures, for audiences of any age.
Why this project should exist
Haruto Ishida developed Marigold from lived experience and a clear point of view — tender, tactile, visually inventive, built for family and arthouse animation audiences.
Tone
Tender, tactile, visually inventive
Target audience
Family and arthouse animation audiences
Comparable projects
Kubo and the Two Strings, Song of the Sea
Stage of development
Proof-of-concept short complete