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