dAseIn film festival: SYNTHESIS

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DASEIN: SYNTHESIS November 19, 2026 • Upcider • San Francisco Different forms. Shared visions. New possibilities. Our fourth San Francisco screening brings together filmmakers, artists, writers, performers, technologists, and curious audiences around new forms of cinema. One of the most fascinating things we’ve noticed is how artists who have never met often arrive at similar questions, hopes, fears, and visions of the future. There is a kind of collective unconscious moving through these works. SYNTHESIS explores what happens when opposites, fragments, and different creative languages are brought into relation. Not to erase their differences, but to create a third possibility that did not exist before. Human intuition meets AI. Live action meets generative imagery. Traditional filmmaking meets emerging tools. For us, technology alone never makes a film interesting. The real question remains: What is the artist trying to communicate? 🎬 Around one hour of curated short films, followed by time to meet, talk, connect, and continue the conversation. 🏆 Audience Choice Award 🖤 Everyone is welcome. Curiosity is enough. $13 — you can also pay by Venmo or Cash App: @ilgassq 💸 To join our WhatsApp community, message @daseinfilmfestival on Instagram with your NAME + PHONE NUMBER. 💬 🌐 www.daseinfilmfestival.com 📸 @daseinfilmfestival 🎥 @daseincreative 📍 Upcider, 1160 Polk St, Floor 2, San Francisco