# AFTER THE DOOR CLOSES

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

In the seconds of her nineteenth birthday, a young girl discovers that growing up is not about an open door, but about the number of steps she can take before it closes.

At the edge of a shattered reality, where grief meets bewilderment and everything familiar has disappeared, an unexpected glimmer of hope begins to emerge. Somewhere beyond human understanding, a quiet decision has already been made—one that may change what remains of her future.

AFTER THE DOOR CLOSES is a story of loss, of a world that can change beyond recognition in a single moment, and of the fragile space between oblivion and hope.

When everything familiar is gone and no answers remain, can hope still find a way to reach us?

Plays in YouTube's player, on YouTube, by the link its maker gave the festival: [watch it there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vmjOe8Yrg).