3 Dialogues About the Future — short film, 2022
What can artificial intelligence teach us, perhaps about ourselves?
DORA LEU, BIEFF
3 Dialogues About the Future shifts the focus and lets the robots do the talking, exploring their learning processes and how they understand and relate to humanity. But in the three pairs’ dialogues, behind algorithmic coldness, lies hidden warmth and tenderness. What does it mean to be human? For once, to be watched by artificial intelligence does not come with a sense of surveillance or danger, but, rather, it feels like a gesture of mutual affection.
Festivals and exhibitions
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania, International Competition
Kasseler DokFest, Germany, “Simulamatter”, Official Selection
ENFF The Hague, The Netherlands, “Oneiric & Humorous”, Official Selection
GAEP Gallery, Romania, “The Domino Effect”, Gallery Exhibition
La Inesperada, Spain, “Atomica”, Official Selection
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland, “The rise of the empathy machines”, Official Selection
Alpha Film Festival, Metaverse edition, “The Future”, Official Selection
KI-Camp Berlin, Germany, Special Screening as part of the Research convention for artificial intelligence
Vienna Shorts, Austria, “HALLO, ICH BIN’S, DIE KI!“, Official Selection
FEKK, Slovenia, International Competition
Bolton Film Festival, UK, International Competition
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, “Do Androids Dream?”, Official Selection
DTLA Film Festival, US, Official Competition – Awarded Best Experimental Film
IMPAKT Festival, The Netherlands, “Entangled Networks: Data Points”, Official Selection
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, “Nor Artificial, Nor Intelligent”, Official Selection
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, “The Future of Work”, Conference and Exhibition
Cast & Crew
Director / Editor: Alina Manolache
Producers: Alina Manolache, Gabi Basalici
Director of photography: Laurențiu Răducanu
Grading: Laurențiu Răducanu, Andrei Oană
Visual effects: Gabi Basalici
‘Robots observing human beings and witnessing both their virtues and their sins.’ – The List