AI-assisted Short Film | 00:04:10 | 2026

The Seventh Notes follows Elena, the principal violinist of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, who receives an anonymous letter containing six mysterious musical notes. As she investigates their origin, several musicians around her begin to suffer strange emotional and psychological breakdowns. Elena eventually discovers that the six notes were written by Isabella, a 19th-century female composer whose existence was erased from music history. What appears to be a cursed melody is ultimately revealed to be the voice of a woman who was never given the chance to be heard. Isabella did not seek revenge; she only wished to leave a single note of her own in the history of music. More than a century later, Elena becomes the person who finally hears that voice and gives it new life.

Zihan Sun and Xuanya Hu are university students exploring storytelling and visual expression through emerging AI technologies. Their creative practice focuses on cinematic narratives, atmosphere, and the relationship between images, music, and memory. Through AI-assisted filmmaking and generative visual production, they continue to experiment with new approaches to cinematic storytelling.