2026 Official Selection: Sci-Fi – Featurette
A group of middle aged men turn to an AI for help becoming "an Alpha"
- Director(s): Joseph Wesley
- Writer(s): Joseph Wesley, Rachel Kriegshauser, Eric Fisher
- Producer(s): Eric Fisher
- Key Cast: Ptolemy Slocum, Marcuis Harris, Laura Niemi
- Editor(s): Eric Fisher
- Cinematographer(s): Joseph Wesley
- Production Designer(s): Rachel Kriegshauser
- Sound Designer(s): Jacob Proctor
- Composer(s): Christopher Doucet
Language: English
Runtime: 32m
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: An exclusive personal development boot camp promises to remake the lives of middle aged men in crisis. Doug joins the program in the hopes of getting over his divorce, only to fall prey to a nefarious artificial intelligence that specializes in manipulating insecure men.