Are you using windows/linux/mac? There is a (little) chance you can find a previous copy in ~/.config/synfig/tmp/ on Linux. I’m not exactly sure where is it on Windows, but it would be inside the extraction/installation folder and named “tmp”.
The animation preview via Preview Dialog or inside the main window (=work area)?
I saw somewhere that .sifz file is just the same as .xml and I should open it as .xml and do some operations with code. Does it make sense or I lost my project for ever?
OK nevermind. I just made all animation again. Now I am saving the same project with different names every 5 minutes so I won’t totally lost my progress.