48 hours, zero humans on screen, maximum existential dread.
The AI short film Binary Desires was created in 48 hours by Roar Uthaug, Vanessa Tesorone, and Jonas Aarø as part of the Cinema Synthetica Norway workshop.
Direction
Uthaug's genre instincts compressed into pure nightmare fuel.
Production
48-hour constraint forces genuinely unsettling aesthetic decisions.
Director
Roar Uthaug
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Cinema Synthetica, a Norwegian initiative forcing established directors to experiment with generative AI under extreme time pressure.
The title's binary pun—computer code vs. emotional dualities—suggests the AI may have 'understood' the assignment better than intended.
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