FANA: Back in a Sec

Back in a Sec began as a technical experiment.

Rita wanted to test whether emerging AI tools could sustain character, mood, movement, timing, and space across a complete narrative sequence, particularly a high-speed car crash that would normally demand a complex conventional production.

The experiment became a short film.

The film was created independently in early 2026 during periods of severe internet disruption in Iran.

Working within a narrow window of connectivity and limited resources, Rita developed the film from character and visual development through generation, animation, editing, sound, and final delivery.

Back in a Sec became an early proof of concept for a larger filmmaking practice.

It demonstrated that increasingly complex cinematic sequences could be created independently when direction, visual development, animation, editing, and post-production were treated as one integrated process.