PSYCHOLOGICAL

THRILLER: MISSING

A vertical short film created entirely with AI tools

PRODUCED AND GENERATED WITH THE POWER OF AI. CREATED BY PASHA KONTUR

Born from creativity. Powered by AI.This film was made using a cutting-edge creative stack — blending language, visuals, sound, and animation into one seamless experience. 
Tools used in production: ChatGPT — Scriptwriting, Sora — Video Footage, Midjourney — Characters and Locations, Runway — Animation Photos, ElevenLabs — Voiceover Dialogues & SFX, Photoshop AI — Poses and Backgrounds,Hedra Character — Dialogue Animation, Figma Sites - Promo Landing

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLO-SnShB_w&t=1s

Promo landing: https://fir-sandy-viewer.figma.site

Synopsis

In a cramped interrogation room, there are only two people. She speaks in fragments, as if recalling not her own life. He asks questions, as if trying to save not her, but himself. The truth slips away with every answer. Time, faces, reality - everything becomes mixed up in a game of memory, guilt, and denial. This is a story about how easy it is to lose another person.

And how you yourself disappear without anyone noticing.

I grew up on Hitchcock's unsettling silence, his maniacal attention to detail, where horror is born not from monsters, but from the shadows in the eyes. The tension in the film deliberately goes over the top at times - it's a tribute to that saturated atmosphere that only Alfred knew how to create: when nothing is happening, but you can't breathe.But the main source of inspiration was The Island of the Cursed. I didn't have DiCaprio - but I had an idea: to create a hero you believe in, even when he lies. I wanted to create characters that were not just deep, but charismatic in their brokenness, so that the viewer would doubt their every word - but couldn't look away.
This is not a copy of a classic. It is its echo. And I hope it will sound familiar to those who still haven't moved on from Psycho, Vertigo, or the last frame of Shutter Island.

One of the biggest challenges in working with AI generations was preserving the characters’ identity. Details matter - but with each new iteration, they risk being lost or distorted. I adapted the script along the way, embracing what the tools could offer and turning limitations into creative opportunities.

The main character’s image needed to embody innocence - so that every word she spoke would carry weight and spark curiosity. The scratches on her face became a subtle but powerful clue: a silent hint of conflict or trauma, inviting the viewer to wonder where they came from — and why. I couldn't resist joking about Ryan Gosling's choice of font for the movie Avatar, so I added a little “PAPYRYS” to my film.

Midjouney is still not very good at working with text, so an important sheet with text was created in Sora, which is good at writing, and then further processed in Photoshop AI.

One of the greatest strengths of generative filmmaking is the freedom to reinvent the story during editing to follow a more compelling twist the moment it appears. There’s no need to call back actors, reassemble a crew, find new locations, or spend tens of thousands on reshoots. You just create it instantly, wherever inspiration strikes. That’s the real magic.

Living in a country at war changes your relationship with fear. At some point, fear stops paralyzing you — and starts pushing you toward action. For me, that energy found an outlet in filmmaking. I couldn’t stop thinking about making something of my own. So I did.This is my first short film — a horror/thriller, imagined from scratch, but shaped by real emotions. It started as a personal experiment: testing what’s possible with today’s creative tools, and what stories I’m capable of telling.

This film isn’t just about fear — it’s about what happens when you let fear speak, and transform it into something you can own. It's the first step in a creative journey I’ve been waiting years to begin.

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