Backflip

Experimental machine learning animation short film


  • Duration: 7mn

  • Director: Nikita Diakur

  • Produced by Nikita Diakur and co-produced by Miyu Productions

A digital avatar learns to move, walk and talk. Inspirational quotes from the internet drive him forward and his creators capture the process in an improvised documentary.

  • CategoryCatalog, Short Films
  • DirectorNikita Diakur
  • ProductionMiyu Productions, Nikita Diakur
  • Country of productionFrance, Germany
  • Duration7 min.
  • Year2022
  • Techniques2D computer, 3D computer, Stop-motion, Live action, Rotoscopy, Machine Learning/Simulation
  • DialoguesEnglish
  • GenderExperimental