Private Project

Snow White and the Dream

As Snow White lies in her glass coffin, cursed to sleep until saved, she slips into a dream where she awakens in a city alive with lights, sounds, and crowds.

Every heartbeat, every glance feels more real than the fairytale she left behind. Yet echoes of her story haunt the streets—a red apple painted on a wall, a witch’s cat in the dark, a fleeting prince in the crowd.

She drifts between two worlds, asking: if the dream makes her feel alive, why should she ever long to be saved? And if reality itself is only another dream, which world would she choose to call her own?

What if we fall asleep to reality—and awaken to a dream everyday?

  • Damla Ayzeren
    Director
  • Damla Ayzeren
    Writer
  • Damla Ayzeren
    Editor
  • Damla Ayzeren
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Fantasy, Experimental, AI-Generated, Surreal, Symbolic, Adaptation
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 20, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Türkiye
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    AI-Generated Digital Format
  • Aspect Ratio:
    9:16
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • New York Istanbul Short Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 14, 2025
    Official Selection (Best Ultra Short Film)
  • AI Film 3 - AI Film and Art Festival | Arizona | Year II
    Arizona
    United States
    October 30, 2025
    Official Selection (AI Experimental Video)
  • New York Istanbul Short Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 14, 2025
    Quarter Finalist
  • Türkiye International AI Film Festival
    Istanbul
    December 9, 2025
    Quarter Finalist (National Best Short Film)
  • MIAMI ART TECH SUMMIT
    Miami
    United States
    December 4, 2025
    Official Selection - AI and VR short film
  • AFRICA AI CREATIVITY WEEK & AWARDS – AI FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
    Marrakech
    Morocco
    April 7, 2026
    Finalist - AI Ultra-Short / Creative Short
  • Online Screening - YouTube Channel: @InspyraTales

    April 21, 2025
Director Biography - Damla Ayzeren

Damla Ayzeren is a multidisciplinary creative, filmmaker, and storyteller based in Istanbul, focused on AI filmmaking, writing, and visual narrative.

She studied traditional cinema and storytelling under legendary Turkish directors Metin Erksan, Ö. Lütfi Akad, and Memduh Ün at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy, where she wrote and directed short films—several of which screened at national film festivals.

She later carried her storytelling into the advertising, publishing, and technology industries—working across design, children’s books, and illustration—before transitioning into digital platforms and emerging media. Building on this foundation, her practice has evolved from conventional filmmaking into the exploration of AI-powered cinema, where writing, direction, and design converge with emerging technologies.

Through her creative brand InspyraTales—which serves as both her YouTube channel and storytelling platform—she develops original short films that merge AI-driven visuals, narration, and cinematic storytelling. Her projects range from the Untold film series, which reimagines characters like Medusa and Snow White, to experimental shorts that explore spiritual journeys, inner transformation, and human nature through a poetic lens.

By combining creativity with emerging tools, she explores new frontiers of filmmaking—developing a language of AI cinema that remains rooted in story, character, and emotional truth.

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Director Statement

Instead of the classical Snow White tale—the girl waiting to be awakened—this short explores the space between reality and dream, where dreams feel vivid, messy, and profoundly alive. What is real—the fairytale we inherit, or the world we create in our own minds?

Creating the film with AI allowed me to step beyond traditional production limits, crafting a city pulsing with lights, crowds, and subtle echoes of Snow White’s story. I could focus entirely on emotion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling, blending the ethereal qualities of the fairytale with the grit and vitality of modern life.

This short is a glimpse into a hidden world—her private thoughts, fleeting sensations, and questions she never gets to voice. It’s about freedom, perception, and the choices that define what we call reality… and the dream.