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The International Animation Day Brazil 2022

A purposeless knight generates images with artificial intelligence. He must find a way to save the world with the tools at hand, because there is no time, resources or future under Bolsonaro.

  • Samuel Baptista Mariani
    Director
  • Samuel Baptista Mariani
    Writer
  • Camila Magalhães Kater
    Writer
  • Cassandra Silvério Reis
    Writer
  • Thomas Larson
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dia Internacional da Animação no Brasil 2022
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Genres:
    AI, Political, Comission Film
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Samuel Baptista Mariani

Samuel Mariani is an animator, editor and film researcher, based in São Paulo, Brazil. He has worked as editor and DOP for the short Flesh (2019 - Locarno, TIFF, OIAF, Annecy official selections), as assistant editor and 2nd AD for the feature Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People (2021 - Annecy, OIAF awards) and currently works as lead editor and animator for Brazilian stop motion and mixed media animation TV series such as Angeli The Killer and Gildo at Coala Filmes.

He is also an animation critic at the Cine Festivais online portal, co-founded and directs The Brazilian Extraordinary Week of Animated Festivals (LESMA) with the Campinas' Animation Nucleus and worked with the Brazilian International Animation Day team for 4 years now.

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Director Statement

This commissioned film was made using only AI tools available for free or through a subscription, being MidJourney the main service hired. Using the upscale tools repetitive times, this film juxtaposes a collage of AI results with cut-out techniques.
Like every other year's Animation Day in Brazil, It also aims to reflect the times animators are living in, once this event allows them to peek out of their caves briefly.