Bella: The Birth – Short Film (2025)
Bella: The Birth is a surreal live-action short film that I created as a personal passion project. It tells the story of Bella — a fully CGI character I brought to life — combining Arabic storytelling with symbolic, dreamlike visual effects.
I handled everything myself: directing, writing, producing, acting, and all the VFX. The 3D work was built and rendered in Houdini, while the compositing and final touches were done in Nuke.
This film is very close to me, exploring ideas of rebirth, memory, and identity through symbolic imagery.
Release Date: February 14, 2025 – United States
Bella: The Birth
The main flower that inspred me to create the flower
Ideations
Ideations
Ideations
Ideations
flowers geos
rock shapes
Viewport from houdini
environment in Houdini
particle setup in Houdini
particles
the main rock with the flower and the poem
footage
Volumes render in RGB
Volumes render in RGB
Volumes render in RGB
Particles render in RGB
Poster