Screening
AI Creation Finalist
Never was
Ao Ieong Weng Fong
Macao / 03'08'' / No Dialogue and Subtitles
A man struggles to survive in the bleak ruins of a post-apocalyptic world. For him, pain and delusion are one and the same—a desperate gateway to feeling "alive." When existence itself loses its meaning, nothing else truly matters anymore.
Never Was is an experimental piece co-created with AI. Deeply inspired by the textures and worlds of the Japanese manga masters I revere, the film is my personal interpretation of the Diamond Sutra's core philosophy: "Depend on nothing, yet let the mind arise."
Never Was is an experimental piece co-created with AI. Deeply inspired by the textures and worlds of the Japanese manga masters I revere, the film is my personal interpretation of the Diamond Sutra's core philosophy: "Depend on nothing, yet let the mind arise."
