The City of Monsters & the Lion (La Città di Monstri e del Leone) is a Pre-production concept that reflect art and time through the city of Tuscania and a Winged Lion whose eyes have been closed for centuries in a short, animated narrative. 

This Project will raise the question of what would happen if the Etruscans were still spiritually with their tombs? Adapting mythological symbolism into a preproduction animation concept following a young girl who is visiting an old town on a field trip and a lion who lost his guardianship capabilities and as time passed, the souls he was supposed to guard became corrupted. This study will argue that such mythic imagery can enrich an animated narrative dealing with identity, memory, and belonging. This project will propose an original story with various concepts and a final storyboard and test animation that will reimagine the mythical landscape the Etruscans once walked on.