Where Am I From?

Synopsis

The director's visual diary becomes an investigation of her own identity through childhood memories, family history and the perspective of an AI narrator. In trying to tell Nouf's story, the artificial intelligence simultaneously reveals its own stereotypes and limitations, showing how algorithms can flatten personal experience and erase collective memory.

About the Director

Nouf Aljowaysir is a Saudi new media artist exploring AI's underlying logic through a personal lens, questioning power dynamics between humans and machines. Her work has shown at Centre Pompidou, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Tribeca and elsewhere; she has held residencies at ThoughtWorks Arts and Somerset House. At Somerset House she created "Ana Min Wein? (Where Am I From?)," winner of the 2023 Lumen Prize in Moving Image.

Festivals & Awards

• Winner — Lumen Prize | 2023
• Screening — CPH:DOX
• Screening — Somerset House