I created this short experimental film between the castle walls of my hometown and the surrounding trees. Symbols of walls, birds, shadow and a heartbeat trace a journey from trauma and fear toward freedom and safety. The film uses analogue techniques: made with a Lomokino camera using 35mm film, which I hand-developed, scanned and animated. As I reflected on the footage later, I wrote: “stay, it is over, you are safe here” and “the birds know how to be.”