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Meet The Metahumans 2025 Directed by Sam Downie , Michael Smith

A Satire about Artificial Intelligence taking over the control of humans. Bafta nominated short film by Autistic film directors.

Two ego-driven artificial intelligence maniacs Cosmo and Max, who are driven and designed to take over humanity, battle it out in a 1980’s Cyberpunk retro-video game world called ‘Game Over’, where the locations resembles a very real world. Can our Heroes, two Human game characters who are controlled by Cosmo and Max, escape this meta-reality and the clutches of the Metahumans ? A short film about Grief. The loss of family and friends during the Pandemic.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $8,000
Release Date 6 January 2025
38 mins
Cast
Sam Downie Max / As Himself
Michael Smith Cosmo / As Himself
Laura Voice of Game Over