QU Presents

2.39 : 1 Anamorphic Short Film · 2026 Original Aspect Ratio Preserved

Nowhere ever felt like hers.
She left everything to find it.

Director's Note

Aphelion began with a single question: can you long for a place you’ve never been?

The film was made using an AI-assisted pipeline directed shot by shot — every frame composed, graded, and cut with the same discipline as a live-action production. The tools are new. The grammar is not.

— Fredrik Åkerström

Credits

Written & Directed by Fredrik Åkerström
Opening Score — “Arrival” Felsmann + Tiley
Additional Music Kodomo · Runar Blesvik · Michael Vignola
Colorist Sander van Wijk
Production Design, Edit & Sound Design Fredrik Åkerström