This means a lot to the kids who feel forgotten or pushed aside by their parents, grandparents or caretakers.

There are 2 meanings to this smooth and beautiful film. 1. They still care 2. They only care when you're gone

Now this is a great story for everyone, especially kids and teenagers. Our parents love us it just sometimes seem we aren't loved but really they "Forget us not"❤ beautiful video

This was animated so beautifully! With a very special meaning as well, well done! 💓

There’s several meanings that can be drawn from this (pun intended), but the part that made me cry was how Ophelia was able to recognize the lost child’s pain and, knowing that they are missed, was then able to help the lost child and then herself. Sometimes we don’t recognize the solution to our own problems until we see someone else experience something similar. Absolutely beautiful animation btw!!!

all your hard work paid off, it's gorgeous! The fluidity and consistency of animation is jaw dropping

I love how the film is based around the flowers forget-me-nots and shows them repeatedly in the film. It’s also based around a garden so makes sense. I absolutely loved this. There’s also not many short films in Spanish with subtitles and as someone trying to learn Spanish at the moment it was really helpful. I love the meaning behind it and how the kid felt like a black cat who was unwanted and was like a bad omen. Beautiful animation. So much thought put into it.

A struggling dad trying to manage to young children. A young child who feels ignored and forgotten by her father. Such a positive ending.

“No, they didn’t forget you. They still want you.” Well that definitely got me crying. Hit too close to home for me

Orion and Rigel in the back ❤

I was unsure that I would enjoy this short film, but I can gladly say that I was BLOWN AWAY by this short film, the use of colors, the amount of detail, the music, how silkly smooth the animation was, EVERYTHING was perfect! Amazing job! I cannot wait to see what you have in store in the future! Best of luck!

Ophelia has indirectly helped finding "the missing boy". It's marvelous to see both return to their family again!!!

Dad's a single parent. His strictness is because he doesn't want to parentified Ophella, but he does need her to be more understanding that he's only one person trying to do the job of two people. And her sister isn't old enough or able enough to do things on her own yet, meaning that she needs him in ways Ophella doesn't anymore (feeding, walking, all things babies can't do on their own). Still Ophella's young and doesn't understand just yet. Finding the lost boy and his missing poster helped her gain that understanding, especially when she reunited with her father and sister and seeing how they *both* were worried about her. Seems the lost boy was in a similar situation to her: single parent household with siblings. Only instead of being the oldest child, he's one of the middle children. Mom's no doubt even more busy then Ophella's dad and middle children often feel like the oddballs because they are neither the responsible elders nor the needy youngest. And Mom must have a harder time splitting her attention between five kids: the majority of which are boys.

Beautiful animation and story! Really shows how dedication to the project pays off. It's captivating. The "I'll help you forget" countered by the "I'll help you remember" really sold it for me. Amazing work!!!

The baby picking up the dad's feeling and how it tapped into it's emotions to realize what was happening T_T

I cried at the end, it's so wholesome and well animated, congratulations!!💖

I was watching dad's face because I knew I already see this style, but at that moment 2:02 I was very happy to see your ocs! And happy to see this beautiful work!

This is so beautifully animated, you two did amazingly! This made me tear up, what a beautiful labor of love! 💖💖

im thankful that the young boy aint a ghost, itll be bittersweet 😥.

Debo decir que no es solo la animación, las voces, la mini historia que cuentas. Es hermoso todo en su conjunto. Felicidades por tan bello proyecto

Sometimes we need to hear papa's words so much

I kid you not, when the father showed up and you could see his face so worried and distressed, tears just fricking streamed out of nowhere that I flippin suprised myself and then the baby crying too omg. No animation, movie or piece of art has made me emotional as quickly as this... the voice acting, animating, the story...just wow and bravo.

A parent saying sorry and not blaming the kid for running away? Ive never heard of it.

Been a long time since I’ve seen some Latino spice with gorgeous animations like these! This was executed so softly, I can watch over and over again. From a learning animator/artist, your work inspires me, and I am excited to see more of your work in the future!

Me lembrou o meu eu de alguns anos atrás. Não tinha me acostumado com aquela divisão de atenção ou olhos mais voltados para a pequena. Foram muitas fazes tentando se adequar e achar um refúgio para preencher essa mistura de solidão com raiva. Eram reclamações bobas e abrir mão de minhas coisas para dar à pequena. Se ela me batia, eu tinha que deixar ou se quebrava um dos meus brinquedos, eu não tinha liberdade para expressar raiva ou choro, pois associavam à dramatização. Eu encontrei ao longo dos anos, pessoas que também se sentiam como eu, perdidas e que queriam alguém para soltar palavras 'presas' ou qualquer pessoa para apoiar-se. Desesperadas pela atenção. Essas pessoas que conheci, estavam na mesma situação, mas só pioravam. Sugavam a minha energia e me puxavam mais ainda para o fundo do oceano. Numa correnteza e com as mãos amarradas uma à outra, a opção seria não pensar só em si nesses momentos, ajudando você e a pessoa que também passa por isso. Por mais que os sentimentos sejam os mais complexos, uma pequena frase pode fazer uma diferença “Você não está sozinho, nunca esteve e sempre fará a diferença”.

To be very honest, my parents would have slaped me before hugging me in the last part.😑

I adore the animation style and the concept! The way the framing always hid the boy's shapeshifting up until it revealed the horror of it was ingenious. I could feel the story and emotion!

The underwater scene is my favorite part. Such good music and sound design! That part is so beautifully animated, with the details of the other child's subtle changes in appearance. I love the composition of the part where Ophelia hears her dad's voice and is brought into the light. I keep coming back to it. I really liked this animation. The adorable characters and stunning backgrounds really give off a whimsical and child-like feeling. I felt like I was taken on an adventure to an unknown world. The ending with the baby reaching out for Ophelia and seeing the boy's family run to greet him literally brought tears to my eyes. Tl;Dr: this is a great animation and I will definitely be coming back to watch it years from now

LINDO demais!!!

Was lucky enough to see your film at the Las Cruced International Film Festival. It is so special and moving. Had me in tears. Thank you for making it.

This is a work of art, I have never seen such animation for a channel like this, it is so cool,you will achieve much success ❤❤❤❤

Los simbolismos, la paleta de colores, los personajes, las voces y la historia, todo está super hermoso, realmente disfrute cada segundo de ver este corto :D 💐

DUDE!!! The very last scene is what broke the floodgates. This is such a beautiful film. I had to rewatch a couple parts just to fangirl over the animation, like the head turn with the statue and the creature morphing from a frog to a panther.......this is just so utterly gorgeous.

This was so beautifully animated and hit me right in the heartstrings!! Amazing work!!❤

Damn as an older sister this brought out a lot of suppressed feelings from my childhood 😅😞

💖 un excelente trabajo 👏 con un bello mensaje. Felicidades🎉 💐

The backgrounds, gorgeous. The animation, simple but so full of character. The story, almost had me in tears!

Beautiful animation! Lovely story! Also I liked the little easter egg in there

I LOVE that you chose Ophelia as the name - especially with the theme of "rebirth" behind it! What an excellent way to add to the story!

this was soooo well made, but, i just could not get over the stock baby crying sound

💐Enjoyed this! Ppl of all ages struggle to connect when they are dysregulated, resulting in so many misunderstandings (feelings of inadequacy, rejection, abandonment.. ) increasing the distance between them. It is challenging but rewarding to fight against that current to reconnect, mend & build stronger connections. Children are not the only runaways- hurting fathers & hurting mothers leave their hurting children as dysregulation dominos thru society (so many hurting, lonely ppl..). Make a vid about this! 😉

I have the impresion that the author opened all her heart for us.

I didn't even realize who made this until I saw the orion and rigel cameo at 2:02 omg thats besides the point though! this is awesome

Bazen özel hissetmediğinizi,sevdiklerinizden değer görmediğinizi hissedersiniz. Cok sinir bozucu bir durumdur bu. Ama günün sonunda sizi sevenler sıcak bir kucaklama için hep yanıbaşınızda olur 😊😊 bu güzel duyguyu aktarabildiginiz için teşekkürler. Eminim benim gibi buna ihtiyaç duyan pek çok insanda güzel bir iz bıraktınız. Kucak dolusu sevgiler

Absolutely beautiful animation, what incredible work! The colors and environments are so beautiful!!

That was beautiful. The animation, the colors, and the heartfelt story.

wow. I have studied animation and understand how long this took you. The effort and thought put into the video is unbelievable. Recently I lost two people close to me so this really hit me hard. Thankyou.

amazing storyline and AMAZING ANIMATION, i can't imagine the amount of work that went into this, this is really amazing and worth the wait!!!!

素敵なビデオをありがとうございます。😍

Nice little reference from the book the secret garden along with Alice and the wonderland im just guessing here but all in all the animation really looks beautiful done, any tips on just starting with the basics before actually getting into animation without rushing into it, I want to start but it feels like I’m always lost and not actually focusing into it

I used to watch short animated video here on KZfaq back when I was in a middle of my depression. It's my way of healing myself. Now, after a year or two..I can't say I'm fully healed. I'm still healing my little wounds that still aches. But I remember that healing moment. Time really flies so passed. Tho I've been depressed, that day is worth it. And still worthy.

i saw this in my recommended. this is probably my favorite indie short film of the year. it’s so cool seeing the fluid motions and the well thought story. feels like a breath of fresh air tbh. very cool!

This is such a heartwarming film. Everybody matters.

Love it, love it, love it....

This is so beautiful. Couldn't stop myself from crying at the end.

This was INCREDIBLE!!! I’ve been watching and seeing all the progress updates on insta and I’ve been waiting for this to come out for so long! It was worth the wait, I love the art, story and characters SO MUCH!!!❤️❤️❤️

THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL 💗💓 The story was so well written! Heart touching, emotional, and even creepy! The animation is absolutely wonderful as well! AMAZING WORK TO YOU ALL💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Oh my gosh this is incredible wow

I ALMOST CRY, omg thanks a lot for all your work

There's a lot of comments complimenting, but I'm fascinated with the story and what occurred. There was a shape shifting creature who wanted a child to stay in its garden very badly but turned out to be a boy or rather turn into one? I couldn't help but ignore how stricken with loneliness they were, so desperate to make them stay.

Quedó hermosa al final, su trabajo duro valió la pena. Me encantó ❤ Felicitaciones

Que linda historia gracias Colorado.

no i an not crying over this, YOU ARE this story is so simple yet so heart wrenching

this was definitely worth the wait!! beautifully animated, and a beautiful message that i'm sure many can relate to

The animation is so incredibly smooth, this whole thing is so impressive and immersive from start to finish, 100/10!!

at the very end, when papa apologized, i laughed and cried a lil. it feels like that never happens

so so beautiful ❤

Such a beautiful story you created here, and the animation had me in awe😍 (also Orion and Rigel on the background was such a nice touch☺️)

this was amazing I love the art style, music and overall vibes. And the ending was so heartwarming❤️❤️ can’t wait for more to come

❤ it's melt my heart 💜

Im blown away by the beauty of the animation , its quality, story and fluidity . The characters are so cute 🤍🤍

Absolutely amazing work....almost broke my heart...Thank you for this masterpiece

Que preciosa la animación! Amé todo, desde los personajes, los fondos hasta las voces 💕 Sinceramente no me esperaba que estuviera en español, fue una muy linda sorpresa💖💖

love how and while the credits roll, it has a lingering impact.

Children NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE LOVED❤🙏🏿💯

This was amazing! Such a wonderful and touching story ; ^ ; I love the line work in your animation it's a really beautiful style. The colours as the story progressed were so good! This is two and half years of hard work, and you've created a wonderful story together!!!

this is incredible!!! going into my first year of film school despite the different medium you both are such an inspiration. utterly beautiful and well worth the wait ❤❤❤❤

beautiful!

This is so amazing to see, especially after seeing all your other art! This is so incredible! The story that you told with such a short amount of time has such a beautiful meaning behind it and is the perfect compliment to your animation! The animation is so seamless. This is truly a beautiful work of art! Congratulations on finishing this short film!! Your guy’s art is amazing and this is so inspiring to see you guys creating this film and this studio for yourselves! ☆☆☆ Congratulations ☆☆☆

This is just beautiful! Hope you guys make more!

Maravilloso muy profesional

Beautiful! Love the animation quality, and the storyline kept my attention from start to finish. Looking forward to seeing more from the creators of this gem. 😊😊

beautiful🥺

God i love how smooth the animation is, the micro movement and expressions

i've run away from home three times, third time was permanent. eventually i found people who would go looking for me if i ran away.

Nah bro cause I was about to bawl my eyes out

Woohoo! 1000th viewer! This is an amazing piece. I’m honored to be able to witness such hard work.

Every kid must watch it ❤❤

Beautiful

What a lovely story

I'm absolutely adore that!! I Hope you continue to produce better and better works!

this is so beautifull I'm crying, really nice work!!!!

So touching story. Excellent work ❤

This is so good im crying

Magnificent!❤👍👌

No way they named her Ophelia 💀 That aside, wow this animation really subverted my expectations! I thought it’d be a stereotypical student animation about a girl losing her father (death, not being lost) related to the flower the forget-me-not. Perhaps the dad would be the owner a flower shop. Those animations are good too, but they’re a dime a dozen. I like how this one focuses on feeling unwanted even when that isn’t true, it’s not done to death and relatable enough for everyone, more so for some than others. There’s smaller things to pick up on, like how Ophelia drowns herself and the little girl nearly did that herself (only metaphorically in her own depressing thoughts I assume, not in a sleep forever way). Also the mark the hawk left on her, which could just symbolize damage to herself. Given the context of mental strife and how they were placed on her arm, I interpret it as a metaphor for self harm, or at least the idea of it (a physical mark left on oneself as “evidence” of a battle with mental illness). I like how the meaning of the flowers is twisted from that in Hamlet. The outcome of the animation is different from what one might guess if they have read or watched the play. It’s similar enough though- showing madness and sending a message to someone else that has meaning despite seemingly nonsensical. I could gush more, but you get the point!

Amazing job to everyone involved!

I think this great film has some amazing metiphores. I like how it shows that being a "missing person" is not the only way a person can get lost. We can get lost when we feel forgotten or worthless. Then I like how it shows the pull that depression or mental illness has on a person. You start out thinking that you are in a place where you can control what is going on. It might not be normal but it seems "okay" so you allow yourself to go to a dark place inside your mind or your illness. Then, you know it isn't right. You feel off but, your mind is still telling you that you need the drug, you need to stop eating, you should just stay home because no one loves you, nothing you do is right. Again, you know the feelings are "wrong" but in a weird way they are also comforting. Sometimes you give in to that feeling of dispaire and you realize that there really are "monsters" inside your brain. You can't control your condition, your depression, your mental illness any more. Then you have to decide to fight. People who suffer like this are so strong, like....people who never suffered like this can't even start to understand the struggle it takes to try to pick yourself up, convince your self that you are worthy, that people do love you, that life is worth going on and that you can fight! I like that the lost little boy saw how the girl had the courage to fight off the bad thoughts and it gave him the courage to step out of the darkness too. This is a message of hope to everyone who struggles with their mental health.

Thank you so much for making this heart-warming animation. 💛

That was such a beautiful movie😢💖