Short film

Ariadne Protocol
22 min
A quiet, uneasy plunge into a digital refuge where grief and fragile connection slowly slip away.
- Directed by
- Andrei Kalesnikau
- Genres
- Drama, Science fiction
- Starring
- Olga Chernova, Sergey Zdoronkov
- Tagline
- Protocol initiated. Exit unknown
- Overview
- Fleeing from pain, Alex immerses himself in a virtual world, determined to complete what real life denied him. But with every step through the Ariadne Protocol, the fragile thread binding him to the one who still needs him begins to fade.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, isolation, technology, identity
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Andrei Kalesnikau
- Genres
- Drama, Science fiction
- Starring
- Olga Chernova, Sergey Zdoronkov

