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Kairos

2025 · 31 min

A quiet, unsettling tech parable that makes you question every choice, building tension through small moments and a lingering sense of dread.

Directed by: Léo Leclerc, Julien Leclerc
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Emmy Doody, Gabrielle Côté, Charlotte St-Martin

Overview: Emma is an ambitious computer science student at the Academy of Advanced Technologies. When she develops Kairos, an artificial intelligence for her final project, she is unknowingly shaping the course of her own life, as it can generate statistical predictions to guide her in shaping her future… But at what cost?

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Directed by: Léo Leclerc, Julien Leclerc
Genres: Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Emmy Doody, Gabrielle Côté, Charlotte St-Martin

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: technology
fate
identity
ambition
obsession
Places: school
big city
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, science fiction
Directed by: Léo Leclerc, Julien Leclerc
Written by: Léo Leclerc, Julien Leclerc
Starring: Emmy Doody, Gabrielle Côté, Charlotte St-Martin, Émile Ouellette, Julien Leclerc, Jade Charbonneau, Catherine-Audrey Volcy, Zakary Auclair
Cinematography: Dylan Garand, Antoine Jacob
Runtime: 31 min
Country: Canada
Languages: French

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