Savina Petkova What if a new Messiah appeared today, but his supernatural power was to release people’s intimate videos unprompted?
Such a beguiling premise shapes Armenian Vilnius-based director Marat Sargsyan’s sophomore feature, “The Grand Inquisitor.” In it, the omnipotent creature is an AI that looks like a human being and has a human name, Vermis.
Soon, his crimes pile up, the authorities are helpless, and any investigation thwarted. The film will be presented next week at Thessaloniki Film Festival’s Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum.
As a Lithuanian project, it is also part of Agora’s newest initiative, Bridge to the North, linking the European North and South for potential creative partnerships.
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