It all began at 2 AM on Friday, July 24, 2025. I woke up in the dark with an idea that wouldn't let me go back to sleep—a story about hope in the face of our planet's greatest challenge. After scribbling down some notes, I fell back asleep, not knowing that this idea was about to consume my world. Later that day, I dove into tutorials on AI filmmaking, where experts confidently stated that a feature-length, AI-generated movie was still 3-5 years away. That evening, I bought the software licenses I needed.
By Saturday afternoon, I had a bullet-proof script for a 90-minute film. When I excitedly told a friend about the project, his advice was logical and well-meaning: "Start small. Don't jump straight into a full movie." He was probably right, but the message felt too urgent to shrink and the technology felt too revolutionary to wait. That same night, I began to create my characters, Ben and Maya. I started playing, generating videos, editing sequences, and composing music—all entirely with artificial intelligence.
I have never made a movie before, and I know this film is far from perfect. The entire first act was completed by Monday night and the full movie by August 11, born from a whirlwind of pure creative impulse. My goal wasn't to create a flawless technical masterpiece, but to harness this incredible new technology to pass on a message: there are solutions to the climate crisis, and it is a global problem we must face together. My bigger dream? That this film makes a buzz as one of the first of its kind, and that the solutions proposed in its story might find their way onto the political agenda, where real change can begin.