THE ARTIFICE GIRL (2023)

The Artifice Girl is a zero-budget, first-time feature by a brilliant writer/director/actor previously unknown to me, Franklin Ritch. His movie is a chamber piece with a minimal set/location and a small, mostly unknown cast. It’s dense with dialogue and ideas rather than action or spectacle.

Some films provide an experience that’s powerful but hard to convey in words. This is such a film. The writing’s incredibly sharp and emotionally layered, exploring the emergent consciousness of AI, and contemplating what it means to be human.

The Artifice Girl (1:33) is available for free from your local library, Kanopy and Hoopla, and for rent or purchase on Amazon, YouTube, Apple TV, F Cinema and Plex.

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