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)

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

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).