CRIANDO PONTES — Flor AI-Assisted Narrative Short Film / Visual Excerpt

This piece is part of Criando Pontes, a short film built around four real stories of women living with HIV.

Because the women’s identities needed to be protected, the project required a visual language capable of preserving the emotional truth of each story without exposing the real people behind it. With limited time and budget, I proposed an AI-assisted approach that allowed us to create cinematic visual worlds from scratch while maintaining anonymity and emotional depth.

I initially joined the project as an editor, but my role quickly expanded into the full visual and creative development of the film. Working from the original stories and scripts, I handled the creative concept, narrative adaptation, visual direction, character and scene development, image generation, video generation, sound design, editing and final post-production.

For Flor’s story, I chose a realistic watercolor style to create a softer, more poetic visual treatment while still carrying emotional weight. The blue tones were used intentionally to reflect the sadness, anguish and emotional isolation the character was experiencing. Although HIV is at the center of the story, Flor’s narrative also carries other emotional layers, and I wanted the visual world to hold that complexity rather than reduce her experience to a single theme.

This excerpt was created using Kling 2.5 and Nano Banana. At the time, Kling did not yet offer voice synchronization, so this piece works as a visual mini clip built from some of the moments developed for Flor’s story rather than as a final synced dialogue scene. Even so, I remain very attached to this material because of the atmosphere, visual language and emotional tone created for her arc.

Like the rest of Criando Pontes, this project reflects the way I approach AI filmmaking: using technology in service of story, symbolism and emotional experience rather than spectacle.

The entire visual production was executed by me, working alongside the project’s writer and producer.

Criando Pontes has since been screened at festivals and HIV-focused events, including a UNAIDS event in Rio de Janeiro in 2026. More importantly, the film continues to be used as an educational resource for young people and adults, helping create conversations around HIV through real human stories.

My role: Creative Direction, Narrative Adaptation, AI Filmmaking, Visual Development, Character & Scene Development, Image Generation, Video Generation, Sound Design, Editing & Post-Production

Tools used: Kling 2.5, Nano Banana, Sunno AI and Adobe Premiere Pro