This one gets an 11!
Fantastic work! Beautiful story, very evokative music and the lighting effects were superb. I especially liked the smoke effect rising from the chimney near the end. Wow, very diaphanous. The arora background was incredible too. Great job. Lots of little bits of mystery to keep it interesting and very good storytelling. The emotional motivations of the characters were very transparent and evokative. Keep up the great work and PLEASE submit this to some animation contest. This is an AWARD WINNER!