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SILEO
Animated sci-fi short film, 2023
Festival awards and nominations
Montevideó Fantasticó 2023, Uruguay - Nominated for Best Animated short
Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2023, Australia - Nominated for Best Animated short
Brooklyn Science Fiction Film Festival 2023, USA - Nominated for Best Animated short
Animaji Festival, USA - 3rd Place, 3D Animation Category
El Grito 2023, Venezuela - Award for Best Sound Design
ScorpiusFest 2024, USA - Award for Best Animated Short
Budapest Independet Film Festival 2024, Hungary - Award for Best Animated Short
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology 2024, USA - Nominated for Best Sci-fi Short
The New York Science Fiction Film Festival 2024 , USA - Award for Best Animation Short
The far future, a world only inhabited by artificial intelligence. After working for years in a factory and being repaired and replaced bit by bit a robot realises that he doesn't want to lose his identity and sets out to find his creator.
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The Story
The far future, a world only inhabited by artificial intelligence. GEFF 325520-BD, a fixer unit working in a factory starts worrying about his identity...
The Message
The world of Sileo is a silent place. The short film aims to make the audience think through painting a dark but hopeful future...
The Production
The short film is completed and has been submitted to a number of international animation film festivals around the globe
Full Screen Studio
Presents
SILEO
Animation, story, sound design, director: Demeter Lorant
Produced by:
Demeter Lorant
and Gabor Sz. Nagy
Voice:
Nate Goodwyn
The Story
The far future, a world only inhabited by artificial intelligence. GEFF 325520-BD, a fixer unit working in a factory starts worrying about his identity after being slowly replaced part by part while being repaired, sets out to find his creator and ask him some hard questions about his identity and his existence.
The Message
The world of Sileo is a silent place. The short film aims to make the audience think through painting a dark but hopeful future, where even if humanity is gone, what we’ve left behind is still trying to bring us back.
The Production
The short film is completed and has been submitted to a number of international animation film festivals around the globe.
World rights available.
FAQ
What software did you use?
The robots and the environment were modelled and rendered in 3D Studio Max, but the scenes were put together in After Effects with pre-rendered 2D layers to create a special 2.5D vibe.
How long did it take to complete the film?
The first shot was ready in January of 2020, so more than 3 years, but I was working on other things as well in the meantime.
What inspired the story?
I was reading about the Ship of Theseus thought experiment and I had the idea to adapt it to a semi self-conscious robot, how would it react if it were replaced slowly part by part - that question fascinated me and the idea grew from there.
What is the message behind the movie?
The world of Sileo is a silent place. The short film aims to make the audience think through painting a dark but hopeful future, where even if humanity is gone, what we’ve left behind is still trying to bring us back.
What was the biggest obstacle during production?
I actually had to redo a lot of shots and scenes because the short film changed visual style mid production. The reason for this was that the original idea was to have a sort of comic book style visual overhaul on all the images but it turned out to be too time consuming because it had to be applied frame by frame. There are still a few shots in it with the original look.