A 65-year-old woman stands at her husband's wake with dry eyes, and then starts telling her children how he asked her to marry him. The story goes back to 1965: a girl who had never owned one new thing in her life, a promise she made because she was certain it could never be kept, and a man who found a way to keep it. 10 minutes, set between 1965 and 1968, shot in two grades: a pushed documentary-realist 35mm look for the past, and a much darker, candle-lit grade for the present-day wake. Watch it here 👇 and tell me what you think about the pacing, the grade and the ending. Honest notes welcome, that is what I'm here for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTk7etB6DuY

"I’d give anything for just one new thing. Something that would be mine alone." In a time when love wasn’t measured in words, it was measured in sacrifice. THE FUR COAT is a bittersweet period drama exploring the invisible boundaries of devotion, regret, and the choices that define a lifetime. Set against the backdrop of mid-20th century Europe, a young woman longs to break free from a life of hand-me-downs. She challenges a suitor with a promise she thinks is impossible to keep—demanding a luxury a simple factory worker could never afford. But in a generation where love was respect, and respect was love, promises carried a weight that time could never erase. Watch the official trailer for The Fur Coat, a short film by Valics Lehel. Coming Soon. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the notification bell to be the first to know when the full short film drops! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvguWqOnxSg

Siberia, 1948. A frozen river. A confession by the fire. And a handkerchief carried against the ribs for six years. Based on my grandfather’s stories. Made entirely with AI film tools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-R4bHCbs4c

I have been spending my nights at the hospital and I won't be able to join the weekly call today. My dad has been recovering really well so by next week everything should be back to normal and I'll be able to see you guys then Like this post to let me know you are aware of this change. I also removed the event from the weekly calendar for today’s call

Some news I'm really proud of: a filmmaker team from Hungary reached out to me to help with Vader https://www.facebook.com/Vaderfilm, a fan-based Star Wars movie. My mission: AI-powered SFX and scene creation. I built a few test scenes for them, from a battlefield crater under crossfire to a lightsaber defense against an electro-charge, and they loved them. So it's official: I'm now part of the team. Fun fact: this push for better tools has always been part of the Star Wars world. Photoshop was co-created by an ILM effects artist, Pixar began life inside Lucasfilm, and George Lucas was one of the biggest forces behind digital cameras, digital sound and digital editing in cinema. He kept pushing new technology to tell better stories. Today, that new technology is AI. AI is not replacing filmmaking here. It's letting a passionate indie team dream at a scale that used to need a Hollywood budget.