The film was inspired by the ongoing conflicts in the middle east, highlighting the impact on people who are merely seeking a better life. The project first came to life after director Abdullah Al-Wazzan started to experiment with a different form of animation that employed a combination of stop-motion, computer generated animation, claymation and Traditional animation. The filmmaker single-handedly Animated the entire film, built and painted hundreds of models, puppets and backgrounds in a span of three years in order to achieve a distinct world for the film.[1]