👩🏻‍💻Daiya Dai

Filmmaker · Creative Technologist · Storyteller

I create experimental films and generative works that explore memory, identity, and transformation. My work lives between art, technology, and storytelling. Here's a selection of recent projects:

Nana (2025)

A surreal AI-animated short reimagining cremation as a fine dining experience in the afterlife.
Selected: Burano AIFF (Venice), Seoul AIFF, Bali AIFF
Awarded: Show Low Film Festival
▶️ Watch Nana

She (2025)

A poetic AI short on machine memory and fragmented selfhood.
Finalist: Minimax Hackathon (Top 2,000)
▶️ Watch She

Everyone Can Take a Slice of Me (2024)

A performance video using cake as a metaphor for self-fragmentation and vulnerability.
Awarded: Best Experimental Film – Portland Shorts Filmmakers IFF 2024,
Adolfas Mekas Award for Best Scriptwriting
▶️ Watch the piece

Director Reel (2024)

A selection of my works across AI animation, performance, and experimental shorts.
▶️ Watch Director Reel

Wedding Video Edit

A personal edit created for a close friend’s wedding ceremony.
▶️ Watch Wedding Reel

Who Needs a Resume (Exhibition, Shanghai 2024)

A curated solo show challenging institutional validation and artistic identity.
▶️ Watch Opening Ceremony