Leila's Doll

In a desolate and silent landscape, Ana, nine years old, walks along a country road with her seven-year-old sister Leila.
They are fleeing from something, but Ana lives it as a game, telling stories to her sister and talking about magical objects she hopes to find along the way. The girls venture into the woods, chasing the dream of finding a magic wand that can make everything feel safe again. But Leila grows tired and the journey becomes ever more difficult.

Through Ana’’s behavior, her psychology begins to emerge: a desire to protect, to keep hope alive, but also the weight of a reality that becomes harder and harder to ignore. The air grows heavier, charged with an invisible tension, as if something is about to change forever.

Leila’’s Doll delicately explores themes of loss and resilience through the eyes of a child forced to confront the brutality of war. Imagination becomes her only weapon against fear, loneliness, and pain.

The film unfolds in an emotional crescendo, never fully revealing the truth, leaving the viewer suspended between reality and illusion in a story of tenderness, pain, and the power of inner strength.