That Thursday
GENRES:
Art Film / Arthouse
YEAR OF PRODUCTION:
February 2026
LANGUAGE:
English
RUNTIME:
3,00 minutes
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION:
A1GEN01 Labs 2026 | Ⓒ Jacek Kadaj
CAST:
Sometimes love lasts a lifetime. Sometimes just a moment. This film lives in that moment.
That Thursday is a quiet black-and-white short film about a single gesture — a hand reaching toward another.
Through minimalist imagery and restrained voice-over, the film explores the fragile moment when love begins. Not through grand declarations, but through small, human acts: a flower offered, a pause before touch, a decision made in silence.
Set in a cold, understated atmosphere, the film moves between distance and intimacy, reminding us that love does not need to last forever to be real. Sometimes it only needs to bloom — just once.
The Threshold has been officially selected and honored at international film festivals.
Written, Directed and AI-Generated by Jacek Kadaj
Jacek Kadaj is a Warsaw-based filmmaker, photographer, and AI artist with over 30 years of experience in traditional cinema. Trained as a cinematographer, he has collaborated with National Geographic and Getty Images, earned numerous photography awards, and presented his work in international exhibitions. In recent years, he has embraced generative AI as a new creative lens, producing award-winning AI films that blend poetic imagery with emotional depth. His work seeks to explore whether technology can capture — and even amplify — the fragility, tension, and beauty of human stories.
Director's statement
I wanted to make a film about love without showing love in the obvious way.
No dramatic confessions. No climactic embrace. Just a gesture — a hand reaching toward another. For me, that small movement contains more tension and truth than any grand declaration.
Working in black and white allowed the film to breathe. It removes distraction and focuses attention on light, space, and presence. The rose becomes less a symbol and more a quiet witness.
What interests me most is the moment before something happens — before touch, before words, before certainty. That fragile pause where a decision is made. Where someone chooses to stay, to offer, to respond.
This film lives in that pause.
Because sometimes love does not need forever.
It only needs to bloom — just once.
All characters and events in this film are fictional and AI-generated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
