leyla bulatova
Info
DESIGNER BABY
Derected by Leyla Bulatova
Treatment
What if you could upgrade your baby's IQ or the length of their legs? Billy and Rudy are the perfect matches, according to their DNA results. Now they are ready for the next step – family planning, which has to result in a perfect child. They jump on a call to pick their winner. The only problem is the demands are too high.

Based on real possibilities of genetic engineering and biohacking, this short film is a comment on bioethics of genome editing with CRISPR. The characters are living in a near future, where one family planning feels more like online shopping. First of all, there is a question regarding the ethics of this genetic engineering in general but secondly, how do we, as people, shift our values? It is perfectly normal to wish the best for your child but would you alter your unborn child's genome? That's how humanity altered plants and animals but will we dare to test it on our kids?

As of now, one can change gender, appearance, intelligence, disease, and personality. The most common one is cutting out diseases but there is a black market for everything. Does that mean our world will be changed forever?
Film directed and written by
Leyla Bulatova
Genre
Sci-Fi
Country
Canada
Release date in Canada
May 10th, 2019
Film producer
Leyla bulatova
Starring actors
Carly Stastny and Bryan Kling
Trailer
Designer BaBy
Featured scenes of the film
Festivals
Female Filmmakers Festival
Berlin
Seize the film
films about disability
Direct Monthly Online
Film Festival
First-Time Filmmaker
Film Festival
Film production "Solid White"
leyla@solidwhite.ca