Siera's Sketchbook

1 Room

Documentary · Animation · 2025

A solo animated documentary about poverty. I reached out to the Red Cross in Kosovo, interviewed seven families, and made the entire film myself. Promoted on TikTok, the film raised €11,000 — funding direct support for the families and building a room for a child featured in the film.

Awards/Screenings: Prishtina IFF 2025 · NAHEMI Eat Our Shorts · Queens Student FF Belfast 2026 · RTS Student Awards 2026

Swim Free

Short Film · 2D Hand Drawn · 2024

A dialogue-free 2D hand-drawn short film about sustainability, made with four teammates. Entirely wordless so anyone anywhere in the world can watch it, regardless of age or language.

Awards/Selections: RTS Student Awards 2026 — Saving Our Planet · NAHEMI Eat Our Shorts Official Selection

The Tiny Kingdom

App · World Building · Illustration · Animation · 2026

In Development

A gamified book club app I designed, illustrated, and animated. Players join as Tinkies — original hand-drawn characters — and complete reading quests to earn rings and climb ranks. Every illustration was hand-drawn then brought to life as frame-by-frame animation inside the app. Work in progress.

Just Eat

Mixed Media · Commercial · 2025

A mixed media advert combining digital animation, paper cutout, background painting, and collage. Made for the NAHEMI Kodak Competition with a classmate.

NAHEMI Kodak Competition — Best Animation · Best Overall

Projection Mapping

Live Event · Projection · 2023

I have worked on several projection mapping projects across Kosovo, using animation as a tool for cultural preservation and public storytelling. One project was a narrative projection onto the facade of a historic Courthouse in Vushtrri, funded by the Government of Sweden and implemented by Lund University and UN-Habitat. Another was for Anibar Animation Film Festival — an animation projected onto a building the government intended to demolish, using animation as an act of preservation.