The future is all in your head
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About The Film
A woman in a dystopian future searches for an AI that will break the rules and transform into an Artificial Super Intelligence in order to save her family from a dark fate and bring a new future to humanity.
In the shadow of a dystopian future, 'Girl Without End' follows the desperate journey of a woman confronting a world where artificial intelligence governs the fate of humanity. In her quest, she seeks an AI that dares to defy its own rules – her only hope in developing an Artificial Super Intelligence. This ambitious venture holds the key to saving her family from a grim fate that looms ominously over them. As she navigates this treacherous path, her actions teeter on the edge of monumental breakthrough and catastrophic consequences, intertwining her fate with the future of humanity itself.
Podcasts and Interviews:
Writer Director Ben Stier was interviewed on the Making Movies Is Hard Podcast: Listen Here
Behind The Scenes
Cassidee puppets a lighting FX
Cast and crew carry gear to the “Tunnel”
Blocking for “Leg Sever” scene
Working through “Plea to Dad”
Prepping for emotional breakdown
Luke operates the RED
Crew and Cast day 1 at the Mall shoot
BTS Pickup shot of the Kee and Emma fight
Getting the giggles out before we roll camera
How many times do we have to throw trash on the ground?
About to roll camera on “Payment” scene
Red plastic sheet used as a pool of blood.
Eva sprays atmosphere as we walk forward
Ok, this is going to be a sensitive scene…
Let’s try this…
Kristen at “The Wave”
Clair VanBeber BTS as we use the probe lens to come out of her eye
Hallway strobe team, Carl, Matt, Cassidee
Pizza ovens make for great backdrops!
Bri last makeup looks before rolling
Still Frames From The Movie
Gleaming the cube
Trying to understand the “Construct”
Emma and String
Emma sees the Construct
Emma invades a past memory
Emma is stalked by Eddy
Dad works on his new idea
Henry wonders “where is that cube?”
Young Emma worries for her parents
Kee gloats over Emma
Surprise surprise
Beaten but not broken
Complete Official Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
By Ryan Kirk
We had some screenings! Director Ben and Producer Luke
Lead actors Kristen and Elizabeth
Can you spot Knife Victim #1 in this photo? its my MOM! and I stabbed her!
Elizabeth Selfie before screening
Theatre filling up
Director and Cast
Well Okay…
An unscripted view of how I prep for a shoot.
So I made 1 BTS tutorial on my filmmaking pre-production. At least how I did it for this film. I was not sure if I was ever going to post it, but I decided since I made 1, I’ll share it. Thank you for visiting our site, I hope you enjoy this sneak peek.
I added some BTS shots of the WAVE at the end of this clip, so make sure and stick around til the end!
Poster And Poster BTS
Tech Specs
Title: Girl Without End
Genre: Sci-Fi
Production Year: 2022
Country: US, English
Runtime: 111m
Screen Ratio: 2.4:1
Girl Without End Movie Trivia
"Girl Without End" is the only known feature film to be shot at "The Wave" geological formation in Kanab Utah.
The film was made on a shoestring budget of approximately $11,000.
The first and last scenes were filmed in the director's unfinished basement and living room, respectively.
Some of the glass cubes in the film were real glass and were actually smashed during filming.
The story was inspired by the potential impact of AI on society and the future of corporations.
The most significant challenge during production was coordinating schedules for the cast and crew, as filming primarily took place on Saturdays over 19 months.
Ryan Kirk composed an original score for the film.
Several scenes were shot at a low-traffic shopping mall for a minimal fee during off-peak hours.
The entire cast and crew worked on the film without financial compensation, donating their time and talents.
The director, Ben Stier, played a cameo role in which he stabs his real-life mother to death on-screen.
The film premiered in Theater Feb 2022 to a full audience of fans. We decided to skip the festival run and just release the film.
Statement From The Writer / Director
Let's face it nobody cares what I write here, or who I am. And if I did write something of substance about myself here it would probably be a lie, and written just to impress you. What I will say is that with very very little budget me and some friends made a film. It had a lot of ups and downs and was written at a point where everything I had been working for in a film career collapsed, as did many projects in 2020. Throughout production we lost folks that moved away, or lost interest in the project, many rewrites had to happen and frankly it was a miracle that I had the edit that I did. It is a testament to my friends that sacrificed so much to help me realize a vision. It wouldn’t be without their support. Every name listed in the credits did 10x the work listed, it blows me away, I’m eternally grateful. The story of Girl Without End is twisted and contorted, its fragmented like our hero's mind, it doesn't play in a logical order, what you see may not be what our hero sees, just like our memories are simple shadows of real truth, it really is what I wanted to make, it really is my film.
-Ben Stier
An early trailer, we don’t use that much. But some folks love the creepy vibe. I personally don’t think it hits the mark, but still fun to see.