40 Epochs (2025)
But where does the heart go when that voice is displaced from a body that still breathes? In a world where artificial intelligence accelerates and replicates the human form, the boundary between spirit and simulation begins to dissolve. Time, life, and voice become commodities. 40 Epochs is a hybrid-narrative film exploring spiritual displacement, fractured identity, and the unseen labor behind human-like technologies. Inspired by the artists' experience training an AI model to reproduce Sun’s voice, the film follows a donor in solitude as she reads, records, and revises. What begins as ritual becomes rupture, as intimate gestures entwine with the demands of machinic repetition. Narration is carried by the artifact at its core: a synthetic voice generated from Sun’s speech. Disembodied from its origin, it speaks in her place—an uncanny meditation on memory, embodiment, and the estrangement of being heard without being present.
Directors: Fiel Guhit, Tianyi Sun.
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Ximan Ma as |
| Camera | Lei Yu | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Fiel Guhit | Director |
| Directing | Tianyi Sun | Director |
| Writing | Fiel Guhit | Writer |
| Writing | Tianyi Sun | Writer |
| Production | Tianyi Sun | Producer |
| Production | Fiel Guhit | Producer |
| Production | Siyun Peng | Producer |
| Production | Wuliang Zhang | Producer |
| Production | Yining Gu | Producer |
| Camera | Lei Yu | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yingbin Dong | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Fan Wang | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Xianfan Zhu | BTS Photographer |
| Lighting | Zhanbiao Shan | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Zixiao Liu | Electrician |
| Lighting | Weibo Xiu | Electrician |
| Lighting | Zhen Zhang | Electrician |
| Editing | Tianyi Sun | Colorist |
| Editing | Tianyi Sun | Editor |
| Editing | Fiel Guhit | Editor |
| Editing | Anderson Matthew | Editor |
| Sound | Fiel Guhit | Sound |
| Sound | Bin Lin | Sound |
| Sound | Shiwen Zhu | Sound |
| Sound | Haoran Li | Location Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Hejia Tian | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Zhi Guo | Camera Production Assistant |
| Production | Jiazhen Luo | Production Assistant |
| Production | Yichen Ji | Production Assistant |
| Production | Tianyi Sun | Production Designer |
| Production | Fiel Guhit | Production Designer |
| Art | Jiazhen Luo | Set Dresser |
| Art | Yichen Ji | Set Dresser |
| Art | Yuxin Zhang | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Siyun Peng | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Dian Yi | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Directing | Shuyue Su | Script Supervisor |