Lovely

Short Film, 18:27 minutes, 2024

Director and Writer: Craig Urquhart

Producer: Paul Battle

​Cast: Jieun Lee, "Jenny"; Aaron Gall, "Steve"

 

​​Jenny's dating app delivers way more than she bargained for.

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Synopsis

Fastidious Jenny and relaxed Steve use Lovely, an AI-designed dating app. They follow the rules, taking it slow to create a real human bond. They don’t know that the AI is curating their interactions to guarantee success. They click, until Jenny spots a big glitch - a huge lie - and throws Steve out. After, faced with the truth that the AI has managed everything, Jenny resigns herself to AI manipulation and drags Steve along with her; it’s the price she'll pay to have what she wants.

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Inspiration

Relationships are the most human things about us, but what happens when the help you want comes in forms you didn't expect? We all know AI isn't necessarily honest, or morally constrained, but Big Data has a life of its own. How will that life play out? And, most of all, what are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want?