Short experimental documentary
2026 | NL | 14:41 | Colour | ENG
Congratulations! You’ve been selected as a validity rater for the datasets behind emotional AI technologies.
Reenacting laboratory data collection processes, Welcome to Set invites you behind the scenes of machine learning, where data becomes drama. This experimental documentary explores how emotion, suspicion, and politics intertwine within the algorithmic practices of security.
a film by
Cyan Bae
with
Inés Dominguez del Corral
Ildiko Flipse
Charlotte Willerscheidt
Almas Mahmood
Hyewon Jeong
Yaxin Xu
Sara Amzian
produced by
Francesco Ragazzi (Operational Images) & Cyan Bae (Pingping Productions)
project management
Elka Smith
co-directors of photography
Cristina Lavosi & Hattie Wade
edited by
Cyan Bae
co-editor
Anastasija Piroženko
sound design & music
Sergio González Cuervo
colour grading
Mayıs Rukel
graphic design
Cyan Bae
hair & makeup
Suzan van Baal
special thanks
Evangelia Kranioti
Ruben van de Ven
Anonymous Participant J
Ildikó Zonga Plájás | Albert Elings | Daeun Lim | Julia Sokolnicka | Inaya Basu | Minji Ma | Jeamin Cha | Kevin B. Lee | Sunwoo Jung | Jae Pil Eun | Inup Park | Hyeonjeong Nes Joo | Minsang Damiaan Kim | Gang Buron-Yi | Sumi Im | Junwoo Lee | Marijn Hoijtink | Juha Vuori | Lauren B. Wilcox | Rocco Bellanova | Jelena Belic | Yoav Galai | Madeline Swainhart | Alice West | Yen Kim
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
funding
This work was supported by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (SECURITY VISION, Grant Agreement No. 866535).