Writer | Director | Producer | Cinematographer
Short Film
Drama, 17min
Written, Directed, Produced, Edited
by Eduardo Machado
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN 5 YEARS?
In the final week of college, a tight-knit group of friends unravels when an AI-generated sextape throws them into a spiral of paranoia, jealousy, and identity crises. Especially Jack, whose girlfriend is in the video with another guy.
THEMES: Love, relationships, and self-image in the age of AI; Graduating college and becoming a young adult in society; How male insecurity/toxic masculinity manifests itself in hostility, mistrust, jealousy.
Official Winner @ FINE CUTS
Official Selection @ Lighthouse Film Festival
Award Winner @ New York International Film Awards
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
TAPE OF '25 is a depiction of an identity crisis in the Age of AI. Through a group of seniors in college who are about to graduate, I sought to explore how male insecurity and identity crisis can manifest itself in different ways such as jealousy, paranoia, mistrust, hostility, and distortion of self-image. At this uncertain time where our images are recycled and repurposed, I want to ask the viewer: Who are we when we have thousands of eyes on us, when our identity has been built by media and societal expectations? In the age of AI, who are we if we're no longer the only ones responsible for our own self-image?
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