Benyam Ephrem

@bephrem

filmmaker

San Francisco, CA

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Joined May 2019

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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 7
SF filmmaking scene August ’26 (7 shorts, 3 features): shorts • @bephrem is executive producing 3 live-action shorts via svfilm.fund (2 in development, 1 announced) • @donaldjewkes is developing an animated short/series (recently backed by @osvllc) •
Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 6
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The Tech Filmmaking Scene (August 2026)
tl;dr: From the technology industry’s interior, there are 3 short films in development and 1 medium-length short in post-production. 1 thematically adjacent short is in development, as well as 1...
Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 19
unfortunately san francisco does not have its disco because artists cant afford to live here
Lucy Guo
@lucy_guo
Aug 19
thank u all for making me the happiest person on this planet ❤️‍🔥 san francisco still has its disco
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 19
AI will inevitably close the gap on performances completely but a few things jump out here that make this clip not connect: — 0:04-0:08: edges of the lip drop down but the eyes do not change as the intimacy of the question lands. I’d expect to see eyebrows furrowing, eyelids
Pika
@pika_labs
Aug 18
The emotional delivery on this Seedance 2.5 clip in 1080p is incredibly convincing.
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 18
culture is created by doing the opposite of nearly every point on this list
Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 16
very bullish on cinema posted to X very generous w/ reach for video not enough doing this (legally of course)
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