The protagonist of Aurora's Sunrise, Aurora Mardiganian (1901~1994), personally experienced the Armenian Genocide. The film reconstructs her oral accounts and experiences through animation, accompanied by the director's narration. However, this isn't the first film to introduce Aurora's story. After immigrating from Armenia to the United States shortly after the atrocities, she met individuals interested in sharing Armenian stories based on her experiences and participated as an actress in Auction of Souls. First screened in New York in 1919, this silent film resonated strongly at the time and played a significant role in a campaign to aid children orphaned by the Armenian massacres. Approximately 130,000 children were assisted through this campaign. While the complete film has been lost, fragments can still be found on platforms like YouTube, with some scenes included in Aurora's Sunrise. Aurora's Sunrise, which weaves together different media from various periods—silent film, oral records, and animation—aims to restore forgotten history and lost films. It seeks to illuminate buried memories and records within the darkness by merging these distinct mediums.