At film fest, Robot Mom weaves a twisted story
Times of Bennett | Updated: Mar 17, 2023 09:07
By Pragya Singh
Day two of
The 18th edition of the Asian Women’s
The audience watched attentively as the session films explored themes like
The session ‘Envisaging Futures’ was a riveting one that featured four short films. The films revolved around AI and sci-fi. ‘
Set in 2030 in a world dominated by AI, it follows a teenage-girl Sisca, who seeks to exchange her mother for an AI version who would be ‘more efficient and caring’.
“My film explores the idea that in a world where AI dominates everything, could a mother too be replaced?” Kelly said.
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“The VFX was surprisingly good for a student film with no Budget,” Hemant Kumar, a student of Bennett University said. He said that it is films like these that remind us that it does not require an enormous budget to make good films.
The films that ranged from Philippines to Azerbaijan, also gave the audience a peak into the traditions of other countries.
Bennett University’s Times School of Media is a key partner in the 18th IAWRT Asian
(The writer is a Semester IV student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme
