On the film set The key scenes of the Swiss sci-fi production ‘Electric Child’, directed by Simon Jaquemet, were shot in Summer 2022. The computer scientist Sonny takes his research too far, and despairs when he realises the consequences. | Photos: Michel Gilgen

A view into the server room in the film. During the action, the computer scientist Sonny is able to enter the virtual world he has created.

Jay, a research assistant, is using her avatar in the virtual world created by IT professor Sonny.

Everything looks like the latest scientific research. Here we see a robot prototype created by ETH Zurich for the sets of ‘Electric Child’.

The film crew looks on intently at a scene featuring Professor Sonny.

The actor playing Sonny practises a stunt scene for the film.

Scientific doodles on a whiteboard are among the film props needed for ‘Electric Child’.

To make the server in ‘Electric Child’ seem impressive, white smoke sometimes emerges from it, which would never happen in reality.

Here, the film crew is using a wind machine to blow the smoke out of the room, so that they can shoot a fresh take of this scene.

The computer science professor Sonny, played by Elliott Crosset Hove, can’t believe it: The computer has developed a life of its own.

The last take is in the can! The visit by Horizons to the film set of ‘Electric Child’ is also over.