Child Machine

Local title
Lapsmasin
Title in Russian
Lapsmasin
Director
Rain Rannu
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Programme
Children's Competition Programme, HÕFF’s Estonian Genre Film Competition, ECFA Competition
Genre
science fiction
Subject
adventures, artificial intelligence

9-year old girl, vacationing with her parents in a remote bog, gets trapped in a secret bunker where an AI-startup is nearing the completion of a superintelligent AI. Both the girl and the AI want to escape.

Child Machine is an AI-gone-wrong story that’s authentic, fun and interesting for all ages, made to be watched by young adults as well as their parents. The film is one of the first narrative feature films ever to have real AI-generated visual effects, made using cutting edge AI technologies that have only been in existence for a few months.

Director
Rain Rannu
Screenwriter
Rain Rannu
Cast
Johann Urb, Anna Elisabeth Leetmäe, Yulin Ng, Priit Pius, Ivo Uukkivi
Producer
Tõnu Hiielaid, Rain Rannu
Cinematographer
Ants Tammik
Production designer
Krete Tarkmees
Editor
Rain Rannu, Moonika Põdersalu
Composer
Bert On Beats
Sound
Aleksandra Koel, Markus Andreas
Production
Tallifornia
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Director
Rain Rannu

Filmograafia Ameerika suvi (2016), Beqaa VR (2018), Ükssarvik (Chasing Unicorns, PÖFF 2019), Child Machine (2022)

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Screenings

Teatrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening029104 / Lapsmasin
SubtitlesEstonian
Intro byHelmut Jänes
Q&A guestsRain Rannu (director), Tõnu Hiielaid (producer), Krete Tarkmees
Q&A presenterRalf Sauter
Q&A duration
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker