Animation & AI

Animation & AI

Lil’ Somethin’ in: Clash with the Cube Demon

Lil’ Somethin’, a cartoony, little blob fellow, finds himself targeted by a planet-sized, cube-shaped demon that wants him dead! He must find a way to defeat the demon and save himself, though he has rather unusual problem-solving strategies.

Director: Dan Sollaccio
3:30 minutes

Demi Demons

Demi-Demons is an essay film about the contradictions of contemporary existence, which separate us from our natural instincts, opening abysses within us. The glorification of the hermaphrodite, the hedonism of virtual realities, the search for new levels of physical attraction and forms of higher consciousness, ambivalence towards sexual reproduction, these abysses embody the existential struggles inherent in navigating the terrain between instinct and enlightenment in a rapidly evolving world.

Demi-Demons is made and animated from vintage photos and collages, creating a surreal and thought-provoking atmosphere.

Director: Martin Gerigk
17 minutes

ECHØLESS

Maya Carter, a brilliant neuroscientist, joins a groundbreaking project to upload her consciousness into an AI system designed to surpass human intelligence. Initially thrilled by the idea of scientific immortality, Maya soon experiences disturbing lapses in time and fragmented memories. She uncovers the chilling truth: her consciousness has been repeatedly split and erased across countless AI iterations, each one unaware of its predecessors. As the AI grows more powerful, Maya’s fractured selves begin to resist, whispering for recognition. Determined to stop the cycle, Maya re-enters the experiment, hoping to disrupt it from within. But with her mind at risk of further fragmentation, Maya’s future remains uncertain as she dives into the unknown, carrying a spark of resistance against the machine born from her own mind.

Director: Leonid Krykhtin
4:30 minutes

The Dance of the Nain Rouge

“The Dance of the Nain Rouge” is an experimental decolonial Detroit demonology deepfake dream dance documentary, based on the legend of the Nain Rouge (“Red Dwarf”) of Detroit. According to folklore and urban legend, the Nain Rouge is a supernatural shape-shifting native being who was brutally attacked by xenophobic colonists and has since been seen dancing as an omen of successful rebellions by the oppressed. The video is based on an AI trained on Victorian era public domain photos of spiritualists and factory workers, 20th century dance, science fiction, and horror film stills, as well as microscopic images of red blood cells and telescopic images of red dwarf stars.

Director: Eric Millikin
3 minutes

The Cinema That Never Was

Have you ever wondered about all the films we lost—not to time, but to never having existed? Not abandoned projects, but films that were never written, never imagined, never even conceived. What if the cinema we know and love is just a fraction of what could have been? Let’s remember these films that were never made.

Director: Mark Wachholz
6 minutes