WHAT LIES BEYOND? — The Cursed Company Film: https://cursed.company/work/what-lies-beyond/ Source: https://vimeo.com/1220270494 Brand/project: EQT Production: TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo Category: Brand film Duration: 37s Resolution: 3840 × 2160 Time reported by production: 6 day(s), from script to post-production. Original dialogue language: en FILM DESCRIPTION A cinematic brand film for EQT, produced by Cursed with João Beraldo. Photorealistic coastal, architectural, domestic and space imagery explores AI, creativity and the frontiers of human possibility. PURPOSE Present EQT’s portfolio companies as frontier labs, connecting technology and imagination in a narrative about what lies beyond current limits. VISUAL DESCRIPTION The film opens on a beach under an overcast sky, with a man running near the water. Realistic-looking photography uses natural light, restrained colors and shots that alternate the scale of the landscape with proximity to his face. The runner establishes a sense of progress that returns at the end. A young person wearing headphones works at a computer in a concrete space. He then appears small against a monumental wall and touches its surface. A lighthouse drawing and a coastal lighthouse connect representation with an imagined world. Elsewhere, a humanoid robot stands beside a person; a close-up of its hand on a shoulder gives visual form to the question of machines and humanity. An isolated house in a rocky, extraterrestrial-looking landscape is linked to a man looking through a window. The film returns to the runner, then follows an astronaut across the lunar surface. The question ‘what lies beyond’ appears over a dark visor; the EQT identity closes the sequence on lunar ground. NARRATIVE SEQUENCE 1. The beach and runner introduce the question of what lies beyond. 2. A computer, monumental architecture and a hand touching a wall represent limits and creativity. 3. A lighthouse, robot and domestic setting develop the relationship between imagination, technology and humanity. 4. An extraterrestrial landscape and astronaut extend the theme to space exploration and the EQT signature. ON-SCREEN TEXT what lies beyond EQT TRANSCRIPT Transcript sourced from Vimeo and reviewed alongside production material. Times are approximate, not synchronized subtitles. [00:00] Narrator: As humans, we’ve always been obsessed with what lies beyond. Could artificial intelligence enhance our humanity? What barriers still limit our human creativity? [00:12] Narrator: Can our imagination unfold new worlds? How can machines help humanity go further? Can we venture beyond Earth and still return home? [00:24] Narrator: Every revolution begins by questioning horizons. Every frontier only exists until we answer. What lies beyond? DEMONSTRATED CAPABILITIES Cinematic brand filmmaking: One narrative idea connects landscapes, architecture, characters and space exploration. Visual realism with AI: Faces, materials, lighting and environments are presented with a photographic appearance. World building: The narrative combines everyday spaces, a home in an extraterrestrial setting and the lunar surface. Collaborative production: The production record credits TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo and reports six days from script to post-production. CREDITS Production: TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo PRODUCTION DETAILS Company: https://eqtgroup.com Production: TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo Specs: SPOT 37" 4k 30fps 16:9 Widescreen. Time: 6 days from script to post-production. Softwares: Figma Notion CapCut ChatGPT Work Adobe Photoshop Models: OpenAI Codex 5.6 Sol OpenAI Image Gen 2.0 Google DeepMind Nano Banana Pro Google DeepMind Omni Flash ByteDance Seedance 2.5 ByteDance Seedance 2.0 ByteDance Seedance 2.0 Mini Topaz Labs Starlight Precise 2.5 ElevenLabs Eleven v3.0 Suno Pro v5.5 ABOUT THE STUDIO The Cursed Company is an AI-native Brazilian creative production studio. With human direction, creative taste and its own optimized production workflows, it creates films, synthetic media, hybrid productions, brands and digital products quickly and with aggressive pricing for clients in Brazil and worldwide. Contact: https://cursed.company/contact/ COMPLETE COMPANY CONTEXT Portuguese: https://cursed.company/context/ English: https://cursed.company/en/context/ STUDIO INITIATIVES ABRAVIA — A Cursed Company initiative ABRAVIA is a Cursed Company initiative to support AI filmmaking in Brazil. It brings creators, production studios, agencies, brands and technology professionals together around human creative direction, shared production knowledge and collaboration. Its proposed activities include screenings, workshops, conversations and recognition of emerging work. The initiative values human creative direction and cultural knowledge throughout AI production. It aims to share practical approaches to scripts, characters, visual consistency, editing, sound and post-production, highlighting both films and the creative and technical choices behind them. Proposed activities include film and case screenings, courses and workshops, meetups, discussions and podcasts, alongside support for festivals and awards. THE ARENA AWARDS is presented as a proposed award within this initiative. Explore the proposal: https://www.abravia.com.br/preview/