The Artifice Girl

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Tatum Matthews as Cherry, the AI tool created to uncover pedophile activity on the Internet
• Sinda Nichols as Deena, a no-nonsense investigator
• David Girard as Amos, an agent under Deena
• Franklin Ritch as Gareth, a brilliant but haunted computer genius
• Lance Henriksen as elderly Gareth

Storyline:

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program’s troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

About Movie:

The Artifice Girl is a science fiction psychological thriller written and directed by Franklin Ritch and produced by Aaron B. Koontz. Released directly on video on demand (VOD), the film stars Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols, David Girard, Lance Henriksen, and Franklin Ritch. The story follows agents from a shadowy non-governmental organization who discover a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to catch online predators using a digital child. However, AI evolves far beyond their expectations, leading to unforeseen challenges in the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.

The film premiered on July 23, 2022, at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won the Gold Audience Award for Best International Feature. It was later released on VOD and in select theaters on May 1, 2023. The film received positive reviews from critics and went on to win several awards at various film festivals.