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Original Film Title: Whalesong
Director’s Name: Bradley Jefferson
Writer’s Name: Bradley Jefferson
Producer: Bradley Jefferson
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 3 minutes
Film Description:
Whalesong is a generative AI short about an aging AI research drone and the last humpback whale — a watercolor meditation on sustainability, climate resilience, extinction, and the fragile bond between humanity, machine, and nature.
Created for the Hailuo AI & WSXA Amsterdam Film Competition, it envisions a future shaped by war and ecological collapse, where resilience endures through empathy, mutual understanding, and the universal need for connection. It also reflects on the identity of language — as song, as memory, as the bridge across species and time — and stands as a reminder of our persistent need to communicate, to belong, and to be heard.