The Threshold
After twenty years of silence, Sophie meets with her mother Eva, a person who was once her father. This intimate encounter in the stuffy apartment of a ruined tenement becomes a confrontation with the past, pain, and questions about abandonment and acceptance. The film, in the convention of poetic auteur cinema, constitutes a technological and artistic experiment, generative AI tools have replaced the physical film camera here, capturing the world and emotions of the protagonists. It is a story about silence that can scream, and about a moment when one unexpected event can change everything, revealing a truth more painful than years of separation. Awards & Recognition: Winner, Beyond Border IFF 2025 (Best AI Generated Film), Winner, Reale Film Festival 2025 (Best Super Short), Official Selection, BAIFF Venice 2025, Seoul International AIFF 2025, AI Film Awards Venice 2025, Nominee, Digital Griffix Film Awards 2026.
Jacek Kadaj is a cinematographer, photographer, and new media artist with over 30 years of experience in traditional filmmaking. A graduate in Cinematography from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, Poland, his award-winning work has been exhibited internationally, published by National Geographic and Getty Images, and commissioned by global brands such as Nike, Microsoft, and Samsung. In recent years, he has been exploring the creative potential of generative AI, blending cutting-edge technology with an auteur’s sensitivity to craft intimate, emotionally resonant visual stories.