Filmmaker Statement

The surface question this film asks is if we create machines that have programmed emotions and self-awareness, is there still a difference between us and the machine? But beyond that it is a story of the loss of innocence, leaving the question of do we just become what our environment forces us to be, and do we have any choice in that? The protagonist, X33 is the representation of innocence and blissful ignorance. The conflicts the AI faces forces it to consider its individuality, whether we really are individuals or just products of what other people force us to be. Martin represents the environment. But he also represents the contradictions that we must face everyday within ourselves. The conflicting opinions that he has, whether to do what's right by him or what's right by others. I want this film to convey an atmosphere of loneliness and despair, every character stuck in a world of their own, slowly consuming them until they clash with another one's world, bringing destruction.