Spiritus in Machina: AI generated short film

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Logline: Hiding his dead brother’s consciousness within his ‘Artificial Ego’ implant, a space magnate returns to the underground lunar city of their common past, reuniting with the woman they both loved.

This is a pilot teaser for the grand narrative of Hex Space, a story about the protagonists and events that defined a time when nothing was more valuable in space than space itself. Hex Space is an original work in progress, created by Greek filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos. The project aspires to evolve into a science fiction franchise that will include books, games, a TV series (with possible spinoffs) and various forms of online content.

All characters in this video are AI generated. Any resemblance with existing persons is unintentional and coincidental. Generative AI tools used in the making of this video: Midjourney, Leonardo, Freepik (Flux 1.1), Kling, Runway, Luma Labs Dream Machine, Eleven Labs, Udio, Videoproc, Photoshop. Edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve.

“Spiritus in Machina” has been selected to participate in three international film festivals that either include a section or focus entirely on AI generated short films:

  • Symbiotic Film Festival (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • CinemaZERO (Trento, Italy)
  • CineTech Film Festival (Opole, Poland)

Aftermath – Theia’s Monologue

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Theia is one of the protagonists in an epic sci-fi narrative set in the near future of the ‘Solar Era’. Where nothing is more valuable in space, than space itself.

Following the parallel stories of the enigmatic Hex Space founding father and his successors, this is a work in progress, combining AI tools with CGI and more traditional methods of audiovisual storytelling. Created by filmmaker Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos. All characters and locations in this video are AI generated.

https://hex-space.com/home

Images generated by Midjourney and Leonardo, animation by Leonardo and Runway, voice over synthesized at Eleven Labs. Google Bard and ChatGPT 3.5 assisted in the writing of the monologue. Visual ID created in Blender. Video edited and graded in Da Vinci Resolve.

The Drone

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Short film “The Drone” (GR, 2023, 22′), written and directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

With Marcella Giannatou, Mando Giannikou, Makis Nanos and Michalis Kanavakis

Director of Photography: Fotis Mitsis

GSC Drone Operator: Tassos Fytros

Art Direction: Anastasia Mastrappa

Sound Recordist: Stefanos Efthymiou

Make-up Artist: Niki Ovakoglou

Music: Katerina Kozadinou, EKELON

Editing: Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

Sound Design & Mix: Vangelis Fampas

Color Grading: Manos Hamilakis

Line Producer: Manolis Melissourgos

Producer: Dimitris Spyrou

A co-production of Neaniko Plano, ERT S.A. and The Greek Film Centre

Connect By Music: Israel

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A Greek Love Song

The Castle of Mytilene, Lesvos. The Connect by Music orchestra consists of students who came to Greece as refugees and immigrants, sometimes unaccompanied.

Israel came from Congo chose to play Rita Ritaki, a famous Greek love song. This video has reached 224K views on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/connectbymusic/videos/487844908430928/

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Dyar means Homes (Misirlou)

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Music as a shelter for people from different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Music as a home. Music as a journey between homes. Work-in-progress documentary film, directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos.

The story focuses on the Greek tour of the Dutch-based band “Dyar”, which consists of: Nawras Altaky (Syria / vocals, ud), Lucas Dols (Netherlands / double bass), Modar Salama (Syria / percussions), Gino Bombrini (Netherlands / percussions) and Sofia Spinoula (Greece / vocals). https://www.facebook.com/dyarband/ In August 2018, the band performed in refugee camps, both in Athens (Elaionas) and in Lesvos (Kara Tepe, Moria). Together with a concert held at the Secretariat General for the Aegean and Island Policy, all performances in Lesvos were organised by the Dutch NGO “Connect by Music”, which teaches music to refugee children and young adults, provides the necessary equipment and involves professional music teachers and music therapists from the immediate surrounding area. https://www.connectbymusic.com/

Additional footage in Connect by Music promotional video: MUSIC IS OUR LANGUAGEhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=769885750041934

If there is a God

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This is the longest and most complete of our documentaries yet. Its story takes place in Amsterdam and Utrecht, from 2011 till 2014, following Sofia from being a newcomer in the country to daring to make her dreams come true.

Directed by Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos, Founder and Chairman of New Diaspora Foundation.

The documentary Sofia Spinoula: if there is a God premiered at the Greek Diaspora Conference in Oxford University on Friday, June 22nd 2018.

This work is protected under a Creative Commons license (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives).