The magical-surrealist stories of Mohammed Mrabet could not be filmed, so I built them from his own spoken words.
I believe AI is the biggest revolution in cinema since its invention. And at the same time I am strict: a single generated shot can completely undermine an observational documentary.
My favourite moment in the film is made without AI: the ending, in Tangier. Handheld, super-8, three minutes, in a single take. The deeper I dive into AI, the more I see the strength of how we have been making films for over a hundred years. AI is a tool in the kit, not a replacement of the craft.
Thanks to Nordin Lasfar, who asked me to make images we knew were impossible. To AI artist Alex Glocknitzer for the image work we made together, to Alex Booy for the sound design, and to Lotus Brouwer for the good conversation. The piece is on NPO Doc (in Dutch).
