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Inanna

World Premiere

“Uncanny” is an understatement in this AI-processed dream-poem inspired by the ancient Sumerian goddess of death and rebirth.

Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Romania/Canada

Year

2025

Language

English

18+
24 min
Animation Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts

Credits & Director

Producer

Dragos Badita, Suresh Cedrick Pereira

Screenwriter

Dragos Badita

ANIM

Dragos Badita

Dragos Badita headshot

Dragos Badita

Dragoș Bădiță is a visual artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. His physical media (including oil and ink) and digital works (including generative art, video, and animation) have been screened and exhibited around the world, and reflect on the transience of experience and a connection to a broader understanding of reality. Bădiță’s works originate from fleeting, lived moments that become infused with existential and sometimes mystical themes and states of mind.

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