"Lessons from my nightmares"
Currently in the 24-hour auction process right now! Bids can be placed here.
Filmmaker Kira Bursky’s first complete short film 1/1 NFT.
*Winner of Best Experimental Film at Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival 2021*
Lessons From My Nightmares is a machine-learning short film that follows the story of a girl dealing with insomnia due to compartmentalized thoughts and feelings. When she does sleep, she is haunted by nightmares.
About this NFT
This film was made as a part of the Runway Flash Residency. Runway ML is a machine learning application designed for creatives. All of the main visuals were generated by creative machine learning techniques and then composited + animated in After Effects.
Fun fact: the nightmares are the machine interpretation of 4600+ behind-the-scenes on-set pictures from my film productions over the past 6 years.
You can read about my full creative process in my Medium article "Creating a Short Film with Machine Learning."
Collector of NFT
The new owner of the NFT will receive a downloadable HD file of the full film as well as an optional physical print of a still from the film.
How To Collect?
The film is officially minted on Hic et Nunc here.
On July 26 the NFT will go into a 24-hour auction on Objkt here.
The minimum reserve bid is 100 Tez.
Watch the 4-minute film now:
Film Festival Screenings
59th Ann Arbor Film Festival
(March 23-28, 2021, Michigan)
Oxford Film Festival
(March 24-28, 2021, Mississippi)
Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival
(April 22-25, 2021, Pennsylvania)
Winner of Best Experimental Film
Cat Fly Film Festival
(August 26-28, 2021, North Carolina)
About the Filmmaker
All Around Artsy was founded in 2009 by Kira Bursky, an award-winning filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist on a journey to explore perceptions of reality with each of her magic-fueled films and projects. She is inspired by our capacity to heal from mental health issues and is driven to tell stories of our ability to transform our minds and hearts into a perspective of infinite possibility. She has produced over 60 short films and music videos that have screened at festivals around the world from Los Angeles to Berlin to Beijing. In 2014 Kira was recognized as National YoungArts Finalist and was a finalist in the White House Student Film Festival where she had the honor of screening her work in the White House. In 2015 Kira was selected as the Best Emerging Female Filmmaker at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). In 2016 she was featured in Seventeen Magazine as the April issue's Power Girl and received the Emerging Artist to Watch grant through Le Couvent artist residency in France. Kira and her creations have been featured through NPR, Out Magazine, Pride and No Film School to name a few. Her YouTube channel has 40,000 subscribers and 14 million views. From November 2019 to June 2020 Kira produced "Considerations of Infinity." an immersive projection-based film installation. She is currently developing the script for her first feature film, designing and selling clothes and products featuring her original art, and collaborating with a diverse range of inspiring artists.
Have questions about this NFT?
Feel free to email Kira at kira@allaroundartsy.com