The final stair
(The final stair)
by Shameer Ali
2025 - India - 6:09 min.
Festival 2026 > Piccolo Festival International > Competition BY 14.18
Synopsis
A mother and her two children are trapped in their home as an apocalyptic flood consumes their city. With each passing moment, the water rises higher, and she must carry her family emotionally and physically upward, through crumbling floors and haunting memories. Each level they climb reveals not just the destruction of their world, but the psychological toll of survival. The stars above the sea represent both hope and a desperate SOS, as nature becomes a force beyond reckoning. The film ends on a bittersweet note resilience against overwhelming odds.
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Shameer is an independent animation filmmaker and storyteller known for creating visually poetic and emotionally profound animated works. With a distinctive style that blends symbolism, dreamlike atmospheres and deep emotional undertones, their films explore universal themes such as memory, loss, healing and transformation. Their first internationally recognized animated film, "The Final Stair", delicately portrays the boundary between memory and reality, silence and resolution, establishing Shameer as a promising new voice in the international animation scene.
Production
CMS College, Kottayam