Zendegi

In a future where the promise of digital immortality looms, young computer scientist Nasim initially aspires to join the Human Connectome Project, an ambitious endeavor to map every neural connection in the brain. When funding for the project falters, her career path shifts, leading her to Zendegi, a wildly popular computerized virtual world. Fifteen years later, the Connectome Project resurfaces, successfully publishing a complete map of the human brain. Faced with escalating competition, Nasim sees an opportunity to revolutionize Zendegi, using this groundbreaking data to create incredibly realistic 'Proxies' – background characters that populate its virtual landscapes. This innovation sparks a fervent ethical debate regarding the nature and rights of these advanced digital entities. The situation reaches a critical juncture when a terminally ill friend makes a heartfelt plea to Nasim: to create a Proxy of himself, ensuring a part of him can endure to help raise his orphaned son. As the boundaries between the real and virtual blur, Zendegi is poised to become a volatile battleground for consciousness, identity, and legacy.