Artificial Intelligence promises to propel us into a new era, a digital revolution that promises to change the world as we know it. This documentary aims to explore troubling questions raised by this digital transition, taking as its starting point an essential institution with a great symbolic dimension: the administration of Justice. What would happen if judges were replaced by an Artificial Intelligence system? Would we manage to eliminate the influence of political and economic power that distorts our judicial systems? Would we manage to reduce the ideological and emotional biases of human justice? Would we achieve faster, more neutral and more efficient justice? Would you accept to be judged by an algorithmic judge?

Artificial Justice

ARTIFICIAL JUSTICE: Spain. 52min. Brilliant documentary explores troubling questions raised by AI in the justice system.

Lylith and Henry a couple who cannot conceive visit a futuristic clinic to create a genetically modified baby by choosing all qualities from appearance to the character. However the baby genome will be based on the parents genes. This experience creates tension in the relationship as their genome analysis leads them to discover that the mother has no capacity to love. The father cannot believe it, because their life seemed to look happy and full of love. Was it just his perspective or a lie? They cannot afford to give their baby the ability to love, because the price for it is too high. They are risking everything to have a healthy baby without any ability to love. Nevertheless, Lylith doesn't mind and even finds some advantages of it. There are three favorite topics I love to explore as a filmmaker, it is Life, Death, and Love. In the film Parenthood, I wanted to reflect on how a person would feel without the ability to love. What advantages can it give? What if this person would feel even happier than her partner who is opposite, fulfilled of love. Love is a very in concrete felling but I believe in its existence it gives me just a huge pleasure to explore it in my films.

PARENTHOOD 2050

PARENTHOOD 2050: Russia. 9min. a film which explores the idea of love in a futuristic setting.

In a near future, a young detective uncovers a truth that could unravel the world as she knows it. I have always loved the social, political, and technological commentaries that have been created through science fiction over the years. I think they draw eyes to the issues that the world soon may face. This film seeks to ask a question that I have pondered over: In the future, could technology develop a better sense of morality and justice than humans, and if so, where will that leave humanity's relationship with technology?

Transients

TRANSIENTS: USA. 16min. A film which follows a young detective who discovers a truth that could unravel the world.

This Ukrainian short - created using state-of-the-art technology - follows a heart-breaking chat between an ordinary Ukrainian man, compelled to join the defense forces on the front-line of the 2022 Russian War, and his emerging girlfriend who anxiously follows his journey as war rages all around him doing what she can to help. My Director’s Statement Basically speaking, volunteering helped me pull myself together and take my mind off of how fucked up my world had become as a result of the Russian attack on my homeland. I wanted to help in some way…any way. I’m far from being a good warrior, however, going to work and paying taxes didn't seem enough to me. The phrase 'everyone should just do their own thing' sounds like an excuse to me. I felt it was necessary to join the “fight.” Ukrainians are one big family and if everyone in the country spent at least an hour a day working towards our victory, it would be us carrying the planet, not the other way around.The short film “Plus" came out of UAID’s website, a short interactive piece created to raise awareness and solicit donations for the men and women fighting for Ukraine against the Russian attack. “Plus” was never “shot” as a short film. The story was uniquely crafted using computer code. The cinematic world was designed using artificial intelligence to innovatively re-create imagery from the war as an experiment in new age Experimentalism. The story and characters depicted in the film are fictional, derived from real-life Ukrainian heroes fighting on the front-lines and the passionate people volunteering to support them in the rear. Under the tutelage of Kevin Cooper, an American filmmaker, we re-designed the interactive “Plus” to create a novel, stand-alone short film that is yet another form of self-expression of the tragedy of this war, which will be used to further sound the alarm about Ruscism (or “Pашизм”, roughly translated as “Russian fascism,” the culmination of extreme right-wing values that now form the Russian war ideology and its terroristic attack on Ukraine). “Plus” is our way of adding our voices to the world’s discourse by speaking out as loudly and passionately as we can about the murders and trauma brought down on our people by Russian criminals. Time will not judge Russia kindly, we know, but the war is still here…still happening. Our economy has been set back a decade or more. People are being injured and dying daily….

Plus

PLUS: Ukraine. 2min. A heartbreaking short film which follows a Ukrainian man and his girlfriend's journey through a series of texts.

Heimdall Land is a picture of social forethought. It shows how society might operate in the future under the influence of Surveillance Capitalism [Quoted from Shoshana Zuboff]. Made with AI. It is a metaphor for how the current capital market collects unlimited data on users' behavior and turns it into a commodity for analysis, thus controlling the human mind.

Heimdall Land

HEIMDALL LAND: China. 3min. Shows how society might operate in the future under the influence of Surveillance Capitalism

Singularity knocking at the door: artificial intelligence explains to human beings why it does not need to reach consciousness to be powerful. A mind-bending film written by ChatGPT, featuring a deepfake actor - can you guess which one? It was fascinating to work with actors and artificial Intelligence as co-author. Chat GPT contributed rhythm and flow to the script. As a whole, the script still is of human origin - at least I think so.

Dear Humans

DEAR HUMANS: Germany. 6min. AI / ChatGPT explains why it does not need to reach consciousness to be powerful. Can you spot the Deepfake actor?

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