“An unusual visual and lollipop auditory»Characterizes his new short film Anima Ex Machina, Nikos Mastorakis, though he is (as mentioned in the titles) a”visual erotic poem in classical beauty“

The visual part was made with painful and time -consuming AI and the artificial intelligence of the image “married” ideally with the emotionally charged music by Stamatis Spanoudakis. The inspiration of the film has its roots in Alimos and its annual institution, Alimos Classic Car Sundayfrom the five years of which, very good materials of hundreds of cars, has been used.
“Magic” was described by Mayor Alimos Andreas Kondylis, adding that “The colors, the melodies, the aesthetics of classic cars and the illustrated poetic narrative, are a balm for the human soul, as images prove that yes, cars have a soul. The director’s talent, the impressive Ai and hundreds of rare models of classics, on the dream music of Stamatis Spanoudakis, make Anima Ex Machina a film that will receive awards at international festivals“

For the seven months of preparation, collection of material and creation of scenes with AI, Nikos Mastorakis comments: “The challenge to “rarely” but rarely … real estate cars and to see them from a shooting corners that would never be possible before. Using Sora’s absolutely realistic, we brushed them, we burn them, we burned them, we threw them on the cliff, we dissolved them, we took them from the hot lava of hell and went to wash them in paradise. And all this without a single scratch in precious classics! So the viewer will see over 400 rare cars “rebuilt” from the c. The film is a fairy tale, it involves popular historical cars from the… protagonists to the distant future, we put the most brilliant in the “shadow of the four giants” or in front of the … Parthenon, through a story that was never written. And humor succeeds the surprise that succeeds sadness and emotion. So we added empathy to artificial intelligence. We travel the viewer, from the pre -war cars to St. Moritz’s Ice (where the cheapest classic costs 40 million euros!) And while Ai still has limited capabilities, we “tired” it to produce unique images. And all this with infinite symbols that the viewer will cause to discover.

I had the good fortune of choosing from all the exquisite compositions of Stamatis Spanoudakis, and the expressive, warm voice of Mars Gerontakis put the rare, his own “human intervention” warming up the medalines but “living” masterpieces. I’m not sure but I think it has never been done before such a film and perhaps the first thing, mixing with live shots, turning image and music into absolute protagonists. “

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THE Stamatis Spanoudakis He said: “When Nikos asked me for my compositions for Anima Ex Machina, I lost them in the idea of ​​coexistence of artificial intelligence with artistic music. But when I saw the film, I realized how fate it was bold and how such excessive “marriages” succeed unexpectedly but with complete harmony. “

The statistics of the film are also impressive: it took 1,280 hours of research and image collection, 422 hours of editing and 34,300 “frames” of artificial intelligence to complete these 29 minutes. Anima Ex Machina is already heading for special big short festivals and will be available to viewers when these festivals are completed.