Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind. Homebird is an NFTS graduation short animation created in paint on cel technique, using thousands of marker pens, paint tubes and cel sheets. The film premiered in July 2021, and so far been selected for over 30 international film festivals, received a few awards and mentions, was included on the Oscar longlist, and, most recently, was shortlisted for a BAFTA amongst 6 short animated films.