People’s faces begin changing worldwide. An evening newsreader relays successive explanations from her teleprompter, while the answer becomes increasingly personal. This is the premise supplied by the festival’s original nominee profile, which identifies Nikolay Shestak and links his own account.
Why this film matters
The transformation is a dramatic rule, not simply a visual effect: it turns a public-facing job into a confrontation with the self. A newsreader’s effort to explain events to everyone else becomes a test of her own position within them. That is a strong reason to include the film as an authored narrative even before a complete public stream is verified.
AAIFF’s original winner announcement names it first in the thematic competition. The linked creator first look supplies the original poster and confirms authorship. Festival exhibition is verified; the button links a first look, not a promised full-film player.
Production evidence
The creator’s first-look post calls it an AI short film made for AAIFF. Exact models, versions, named supporting crew, cost and final runtime are not disclosed in the checked film-specific sources. AI percentages or collaborators from his other films are not copied into this one. The journal has not reviewed the complete film.
