# KAIROS

AI-made. Made with AI, as its festival says: “The 2026 edition of the Artefact AI Film Festival — an international competition for short films made with generative AI, organised by Artefact with mk2.” ([its page](https://artefact-ai-film-festival.com/), read 2026-11-12).

By Anton Ariki, as [Artefact AI Film Festival](https://artefact-ai-film-festival.com/gallery) names them.

In 1677, Kali is accused of witchcraft. As the witch-hunters drag her away to be burned, her lover Bruno freezes and does nothing. It's a failure that follows his soul for centuries. In 2020, John is a lost man drifting through a rainy night. After he's thrown out of a bar, he comes across a woman, Linn, being attacked in an alley. Like Bruno before him, he stops and watches. Then the two eras start to blur together: the pyre and the alley, Kali and Linn, Bruno and John. Something old wakes up in John, and this time he doesn't freeze. He lights a makeshift torch and fights the attackers off. Afterwards, Linn looks at him as if she's seen him before. Maybe she has. KAIROS is a story about love across lifetimes, and the courage it takes to finally act on it.

Plays in YouTube's player, on YouTube, by the link its maker gave the festival: [watch it there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXh7y9qNlU).