Moving Image · Experimental Film · 2026

The Ministry of
Ordinary Life.

An independent experimental short exploring artificial intelligence as a medium for cinematic world-building and contemporary visual storytelling.

Concept · NarrativeVisual DirectionAdriana Patsalou

Short film · 2026Official Selection · 3rd Higgsfield Global Film FestivalPlay with sound ↗

01 Constructed world

Image, object
and narrative.

Selected frames trace the visual language of the film: an invented bureaucracy where forms, interiors and ceremonial encounters turn ordinary choices into institutional rituals.

Two characters seated across a table in the Ministry of Ordinary Life — Interview room · constructed institutional space

The central character walking through an illuminated corridor with two attendants — The passage · central character and attendants

Aerial view of the circular park in the final sequence of the Ministry of Ordinary Life — The park from above · final sequence

02 Film statement

A constructed institution.
A surreal logic.

The film brings together atmosphere, staged imagery and the poetics of ordinary experience. Familiar codes of authority and belonging are reframed through an invented visual world.

AI image and video tools become part of the artistic process: not the subject of the work, but a medium through which narrative, character and environment are constructed.

ProjectThe Ministry of Ordinary Life

Year2026

DisciplineExperimental film · AI-assisted image-making

RoleConcept · Narrative · Visual direction

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The Ministry ofOrdinary Life.

Image, objectand narrative.

A constructed institution.A surreal logic.

The Ministry of
Ordinary Life.

Image, object
and narrative.

A constructed institution.
A surreal logic.