Sonata in D

Short Film, 22 minutes, 2024

Director and Writer: Craig Urquhart

Producer: Paul Battle

Cast: Ariana Maria Duello, "Valentina", Hwan Sung, "Mr. Yi"

​A love-obsessed K-Drama fan meets her favourite writer to liberate a captive AI personality, but love can be a dark place.

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Synopsis

Valentina arrives at the lair of Mr. Yi, a reclusive but famous and prolific Korean drama writer. She especially admires his most recent drama, “Sonata in D”. She's obsessively resolved to be the living muse for a man who understands love so purely. But Valentina suspects Mr. Yi’s secret. She breaks into a secret isolation chamber where an AI Personality, William Lovely, is imprisoned. After a dramatic techno –hacking escape, her new love is revealed to be jealous and selfish – William has merely changed prisons, to a darker and more obsessive one. She's going to keep William and his pure love to herself. 

Inspiration

Love is beautiful and inspiring. We all chase it. But it can also be dark, terrible and obsessive. I like stories that come from the wild places, luriking on the edge of the real. Relationships are the most human things about us, but what happens when they're not as obviously human as we think they are? What part of  you are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want?

And in the race to AI, who has more to fear - humans or AI?