When People Talk About Their Dead, They Look Up

An essay film with entirely AI-generated imagery about the human quest for transcendence against a backdrop of declining religious affiliation. Exploring the relevance of spirituality, the film looks at whether artificial intelligence could make our collective imagination more tangible.

Anna Halbleib

+RAIN Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain, 2024) ai.motion (Milan, Italy, 2024) International Video Poetry Festival (Athens, Greece, 2024) art + film + vienna (Vienna, Austria, 2025) Festival ECRÃ (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2025) BAIFF - Burano Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (Venice, Italy, 2025)