Sintel (code-named Project Durian during production) is a 2010 animated fantasy short film.

It was produced by Ton Roosendaal, chairman of the Blender Foundation, written by Esther Wouda, directed by Colin Levy, at the time an artist at Pixar and art direction by David Revoy, who is known for Pepper&Carrot, a free and open source webcomic series.

She nursed him back to health and named him Scales, and the two quickly formed an emotional bond.

Sintel is ready to give up when the shaman tells her that they are in dragon lands, showing her the glyph on her attacker's spear as proof.

The cave begins to collapse as Scales gives his last breath, and Sintel runs for the entrance.

Some sections were displayed on 25 October 2009,[7] the trailer on YouTube was made available on 13 May 2010,[8] while an almost-final version of the movie screened at a "pre-premiere" on 19 July 2010.

[6][11] Following Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny, and Yo Frankie!, the short movie is the fourth project created by the Blender Foundation.

Improvements were made in the user interface, the particle system, sculpting, shading, the render pipeline, constraints, and smoke simulation.

[15] Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool featured a capture of the film on its front page, along with a short review describing it as "darker and less accessible than its child friendly predecessors," but also stating that in "image quality, detail and characters, the film is on par with Hollywood animation.