“Daaphne” is a meditation on the role of advanced artificial intelligence in shaping human mythology and how it impacts our understanding of ourselves as beings in the world. “Daaphne” encourages viewers to reflect on the changing relationship between humanity and technology in a rapidly evolving world by pushing the boundaries of what is possible with AI and art, when paired with human imagination.  By revisiting a classical foundational myth from ancient Greece through the latest tech tools, the narrative speculates on possible futures and mankind's adaptation strategies at times of stress, bodily transmutation being one of them.
The film is directed and produced by the artist Valentina Ferrandes together with the Ukrainian animator Marina Grebinna and Gemis Luciani. A voiceover script, co-edited with AI Dungeon, is performed by the Irish voiceover actress  Margaret Kilcoyne. The storyteller lends her voice to a film that blurs the lines between documentary and fiction. The film is scored using a unique blend of sound samples from contemporary newsreels, over-field sound recordings, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack produced by the Italian ambient duo, The Ladder Cloud Thing, Michele Di Martino e Filippo Nardini.

“Daaphne” is Finalist at Aesthetica Art Prize 2023.