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ACT 1 - DISCIPLE: EPISODE I OF THE HARMONY SAGA

The first act, reinterpreted bt the director, of the award winning feature film Saga screenplays. Disciple; Episode I of the Harmony Saga is set 80,000 years after the disappearance of Earth. A Galactic Church rules the galaxy, enforcing dogma. Freedom fighters seek liberation. Samantha Sacre, a disciple of the Church, encounters something that will change the course of history forever, and must reconcile what she has learned with how she was taught and raised. This is only the beginning, and, as Sam says, "The best is yet to come." This mythopoetic journey into the far future challenges us to look beyond the surface of our realm, through the lens of a future civilization, and ask, "what does it all mean?"

  • Brad Reinhold
    Director
    The Harmony Saga, Spaceballs 3.0, Poetry + Cinematography + Photography + Music = Art, Ethics of the Great Silence, Disciple, Prophet, Messiah, Ascension, Godhead, Legend of Ascalon, The Quantum Soul
  • Brad Reinhold
    Writer
  • Brad Reinhold
    Producer
  • Brad Reinhold
    Executive Producer
  • Analia Lentini
    Composer
  • Brad Reinhold
    Score
  • Brad Reinhold
    Showrunner
    Many many :)
  • Brad Reinhold
    Animation
    Many many :)
  • Brad Reinhold
    Digital VFX/CGI
    Many many :)
  • Aurora Galaxy Republic
    Key Cast
    "Various et al"
  • Brad Reinhold
    Sound Design
    Many many :)
  • Brad Reinhold
    Editor
    Many many :)
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    Sci/Fi, Drama, Action, Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 15, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    AI generation, 4k, 60FPS
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Humro International Film Festival
    Nepal
    Nepal
    January 25, 2026
    Finalist
  • Trevancore International Film Festival
    N/A
    January 1, 2026
    January 1, 2025
    AWARD WINNER: ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
  • Trevancore International Film Festival
    N/A
    January 1, 2026
    January 1, 2026
    AWARD WINNER: BEST FANTASY ANIMATION
  • Trevancore International Film Festival
    N/A
    January 1, 2026
    January 1, 2026
    AWARD WINNER: BEST WRITING
  • Trevancore International Film Festival
    N/A
    January 1, 2026
    January 1, 2026
    AWARD WINNER: BEST NEW MEDIA/AI FILM
  • Asian International Filmfare Awards
    Asia
    Selection
  • Asian International FilmFare Awards

    India
    Selection
  • Asian International FilmFare Awards

    India
    WINNER: BEST NEW MEDIA FILM
  • Asian International FilmFare Awards

    India
    WINNER: BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
  • Asian International FilmFare Awards

    India
    WINNER: BEST ANIMATION FILM
  • Indian Movie Awards

    India
    Selection
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok, Thailand
    WINNER: BEST FILM SCORE - SOUNDTRACK
  • INDIA CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Chicago, USA
    Honorable Mention: Best Animation
  • INDIA CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Chicago, USA
    Honorable Mention: Best Experimental Film
  • Global Visionaries Film Festival

    AWARD WINNER
  • Champs-ÉlysĂ©es Film Awards
    Paris
    France
    🏆 TROPHY: THE NAPOLEON GOLDEN HORSE
  • MEI International Film Festival

    India
    WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR
  • Clown International Film Festival

    FINALIST
  • Humro International Film Festival
    Nepal
    Finalist
  • WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    February 16, 2026
    WINNER: BEST NEW MEDIA
  • Festival for Trailers Monthly

    Selection
  • MEI International Film Festival

    India
    WINNER: BEST PRODUCER
  • MEI International Film Festival

    India
    WINNER: BEST EDITING
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    WINNER: BEST FREE SPEECH
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    WINNER: FILMS ON RELIGION
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    WINNER: BEST ANIMATED FILM
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    WINNER: BEST WEB, NEW MEDIA
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    WINNER: BEST MOBILE FILM
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Web and New Media
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Student Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Women's Films
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Mobile Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Free Speech
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Woman Centric Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Social Work / Inspirational Video / Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Short Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best Animated Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards

    Best VFX Artist
Distribution Information
  • WildSOUND Network (limited distribution)
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
    Rights: Internet, Theatrical
  • YouTube
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand, Free TV, Console / Handheld Device
Director Biography - Brad Reinhold

Timothy Bradley 'Brad" Reinhold is an award winning screenwriter, philosopher, producer, director, and author. His film saga in screenplay form has garnered much international recognition, in addition to a student film, and avant-garde film. He also has a satire in rotation being selected at festivals currently.

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Director Statement

Disciple: Episode I began with a question that kept echoing in me:
What happens to a civilization that has crossed the stars but forgotten where it began?

In the world of this film, humanity isn’t extinct.
It has simply drifted so far into the cosmos that Earth has slipped out of memory and into myth. What remains are fragments – symbols, instincts, spiritual longings that feel ancient without anyone knowing why. That sense of cosmic amnesia became the emotional spine of this project.

Working entirely on a mobile device, I generated, shot, and edited the film myself, experimenting with AI tools the way an early painter might experiment with a new pigment. I wasn’t just testing the technology. I was testing whether a fractured creative process – images born from code, light, and intuition – could reflect a fractured future.

At its heart, Disciple follows Samantha Sacre, a young woman raised within a rigid spiritual order. When she encounters a truth too vast for the doctrine she inherited, she becomes a mirror of humanity’s larger crisis:
How do we seek meaning when the story of our origin has been lost?

I’ve always been drawn to myth, memory, and the quiet threads that survive across millennia. This first act is the opening step into a much larger saga – one where faith, science, and forgotten history collide, and where echoes of Earth still shape the hearts of beings who no longer know its name.

The budget was minimal. The tools were unconventional. But the intent was genuine: to see if one creator, armed only with a phone, conviction, and a universe inside their mind, could reach for something bigger than themselves and make it real.

If viewers leave with a sense of wonder – or even the faint suspicion that our own origins might hold mysteries we’ve long stopped asking about – then this chapter has done its work.

Thank you for watching Disciple. No matter where this experiment lands, I hope it sparks a conversation about where storytelling is heading, and how the stories we forget still find their way back to us.