When grief becomes code, who survives the algorithm?
After tragedy strikes, a meek Ruby Oliver enters a broken VR game for a last chance to see the dead. Little does she know that this game treats all girls as a virus as she fights to save herself.
Direction
Ojulu's student film with debut feature confidence
Writing
Girls-as-virus metaphor that stings
Production
18 minutes that punch above budget
Director
Sigin Ojulu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sigin Ojulu made this as a student film while studying at NYU Tisch, shot in under a week with borrowed VR rigs.
Released the same year as Janelle Monáe's 'Dirty Computer' and pre-dated 2023's backlash against 'woke' AI—eerily prescient for 18 minutes.
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