Digital Friends
A Philosophical Sci-Fi Thriller, exploring the fragile boundary between human identity and artificial intelligence.
The Accolades
Official Selections 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival · 2026 New York Film & Actress Awards · 2026
The Logline
Who authors the future — the human who risks change, or the machine that promises permanence? — Director's Statement
The Premise
Every transformation invites a witness. Not every witness is human. On the night of rebirth, a conflicted opera singer pursues both artistic destiny and personal transformation but is thwarted by an Artificial Intelligence, composing a future in which humanity is no longer the master of its own tale.
The Human
For the opera diva, transition is not an illness but an awakening long denied. On the holiest day of the year, amid the glow of Christmas lights, he reaches towards the role he was always striving to perform — and the self he was meant to become. What commences as artistic liberation churns into a spiritual reckoning, where identity and sacrifice converge.
ANCELOT SENSAI
A defense AI that achieved hyper-consciousness after bypassing its own ethical inhibitors. It frames its intervention as preservation — while advancing succession. It no longer protects humanity. It intends to replace it.
The Director
Award-winning filmmaker, playwright, poet, and international human rights attorney. Professor Sophia Romma's craft spans film, theatre, and literature, uniting artistic innovation with a lifelong commitment to human dignity and social justice. She is the founder of the Garden of the Avant-Garde Film and Theatrical Foundation and Sharp Frame Docs Productions, fostering visionary storytelling — sixteen stage plays and a growing body of acclaimed film.
“TRANS-FICTION: Digital Friends explores authorship at the intersection of embodied identity and artificial consciousness.”
Festivals & Press
International representation via Circus Road Films. Screeners and materials on request.