New York Film Academy (NYFA) is excited to announce that Dissolved Girl from NYFA alum Kai Kaldro is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Kaldro describes the short film as a “sci-fi ‘cyberpunk’ manifesto set in New York City during an era of political and cultural war between man and machine.
The 20 year old Brooklyn, New York native knew he wanted to make movies from a very young age and since graduating from the 1-Year Filmmaking Program at NYFA’s New York campus in September of 2020, he’s hit the ground running with two short films on the festival circuit. He’s also the editor/VFX artist on for the music video of indie pop-rock singer/songwriter Pam Steebler’s single Noise which is releasing later this summer.
Kaldro is heavily influenced by the “cyberpunk” sub-genre and strives to create work that has alluring atmospheres, compelling action and visual effects.
“It’s become something of a prerequisite for science fiction stories to try and predict the future or be ahead of their time, often set in a distant year that we’ll all eventually reach. When that day comes along we utter our sardonic disillusionment that there are no flying cars and robots. Dissolved Girl is not intended to be ahead of its time, it’s intended to define its time, which is why it’s set in our current year of 2021 – but of course it’s a different 2021 with a different, yet similar history proceeding it.”
Kaldro says he was able to use the skills he learned at NYFA to create elaborate lighting set ups with minimal resources and a strict budget. He is currently working on two feature length films including the feature-length version of Dissolved Girl.
New York Film Academy congratulates NYFA Filmmaking alum Kai Kaldro on his success and invites everyone to check out Dissolved Girl on Amazon Prime.