Ana Min Wein?

(Where Am I From?)

A short film and visual diary that constructs my genealogical journey using two different voices, my own and an AI narrator.

After moving to the US from Saudi Arabia at a young age, I explore my identity by tracing my childhood and family memories. While the AI character supports my journey, it reveals stereotypes and biases derived from its training and algorithmic composition.  

By juxtaposing oral storytelling against AI, Where Am I From? exposes the reduction of my culture and eradication of my ancestors' collective memories.

 
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Selected Past Screenings

2025

⭐︎ArteEast

⭐︎MC2

⭐︎M+ Museum

2024

⭐︎The New York Times Op-Docs

⭐︎CPH:DOX

⭐︎International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)

⭐︎Museo Tamayo (Máquina Deseante, KADIST)

⭐︎New Museum (Neural Net Aesthetics, Rhizome)

2023

⭐︎International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

⭐︎Centre Pompidou (The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be, KADIST)

⭐︎Somerset House (Click and Collect: Show me your Dataset)

Awards

2023

⭐︎The Lumen Prize (Moving Image Prize)

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