News of the Ukrainian triumph in Hollywood spread instantly — covered by leading Ukrainian and international media as an example of a new wave of AI cinema from Ukraine.
That idea gave birth to a film where the physical dissection of the body flows into a metaphysical exploration of the soul. A story about constant contact with another's pain, and how that experience transforms a person.
The creative and technical challenges we solved
Depicting a morgue without AI censorship bans. AI tools have strict content filters — we had to find workarounds in visual style and framing to show the subject matter without triggering them.
Generating complex objects and scenes correctly. Hands, surgical tools, specific lighting — each required iterative prompting and creative problem-solving to achieve consistent results.
Ukrainian lip-sync. AI lip-sync tools are trained predominantly on English. Achieving accurate Ukrainian language lip movement required experimental approaches and editing workarounds.
