More About This Film
What Stays is an experimental AI short reflecting on memory, loss, and the fragments people choose to preserve. Rather than treating memory as a perfect record, the film explores the idea that people reshape and edit their recollections in order to continue living with them.
The project uses generative filmmaking as part of its creative language, placing technological experimentation alongside an intimate emotional theme. Its central question about what remains after experience gives the short a contemplative quality.
- Created by Giuseppe Celestino.
- The film was produced as part of the 48-hour Global AI Cinema Lab at Soulscape in San Francisco.
- It received three nominations at the Soulscape 2026 Global AI Cinema Lab and Summit.
- The film won the Best Sound Design award at the Soulscape 2026 event.
- The project explores memory through AI-assisted cinematic creation.
Where to Watch
What Stays is an independent AI short whose availability may be tied to festival and creator channels. Check these services for current digital listings.