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Androktasiai

Androktasiai is a combat robot designed to protect good people from bad people. But who are good and who are bad?

  • Yufeng Li
    Director
    You Are Not Alone
  • Yufeng Li
    Writer
    You Are Not Alone
  • Yufeng Li
    Producer
  • Tao Cheng
    Key Cast
    The Little Monk, Academy Nerve, Street Players
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, thriller, action
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 20, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    7,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The Monthly Film Festival
    Online Film Festival
    January 31, 2018
    Global Premiere
    Animation of the Month
  • 12 Months Film Festival
    Online Film Festival
    United States
    February 3, 2018
    Nomination of Feature Fiction/Sound designer of the month
  • MovieScreenPro Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    February 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles CineFest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 7, 2018
    Semi-Finalist
  • IndieWorks
    New York
    United States
    March 15, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Animakom
    Bilbao
    Spain
    April 11, 2018
    Spain Premiere
    Official Selection
  • NYC Downtown Short Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    June 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • A Rebel Minded Festival
    New York
    United States
    July 9, 2018
    Semi-Finalist
  • Queen Palm International Film Festival
    Palm Springs
    United States
    August 8, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Robotic Online Short Film Festival
    Elche
    Spain
    September 14, 2018
    Finalist
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    September 8, 2018
    Best Animation Short
Director Biography - Yufeng Li

Yufeng (Lincoln) Li is an independent animation filmmaker. Born in China and educated at Pratt Institute of New York, he is influenced by both traditional culture and modern art.

Questioning the prejudice that animation is disregarded as kids' entertainment, his animated films tend to contain serious and thought-provoking themes including politics, sensitive social issues and moral criticism.

His works have been recognized by 30+ global film festivals and get 1 million+ views on the internet.

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Director Statement

Androktasiai is an action thriller film with a theme of ethics of artificial intelligence.

The combat robot: Androktasiai is designed in good faith – to protect good people and fight against bad people, just as guns for home defense, nuclear weapons for the world peace.

However, Androktasiai is not a mindless automated combat machine. She has artificial general intelligence or AGI (the industry term for human-equivalent intelligence), which allows her to think and make her own decisions with her artificial consciousness. Thus, during her alpha version, she has already questioned her directive: who are good people and who are bad people?

How will her creators answer her question? What if they are bad people themselves? Will Androktasiai become a guardian of justice or a killing machine? This film will give you the answer.

I strongly believe that animated films are not only children’s entertainment, but also suitable for serious themes and discussing sensitive social issues. Therefore Androktasiai is to bring a new vision to animated films by rising controversial topics. This film is also closely related to the contemporary social issues by touching on mass shooting incidents, religious conflicts and of course, potential threat from AI.