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Sundance 2025: Filmmaker Alireza Khatami Used Premiere Pro and After Effects to Bring Sundance Debut “The Things You Kill” to Life

This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 22, 2025.This quietly insidious psychological thriller follows a university professor haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, who then coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.As the writer, director, co-editor, and co-producer of the film, Alireza Khatami used Adobe’s suite of video editing tools to bring his creative vision to life: “Premiere Pro was our go-to for editing, thanks to its speed and stability, and After Effects was critical for the complex visual effects we needed.”“The Things You Kill” premieres at Sundance on January 24th. We sat down with Khatami to learn more about his workflow on this ambitious feature, seven years in the making. Read on for more below.How did you first get involved with this project?The journey started unexpectedly when I was sent a novel to consider for adaptation. Ten pages in, I was bored. The story wasn’t connecting with me, so I impulsively started sketching my own treatment. What began as a quick distraction gradually morphed into an autofictional script—a deeply personal story drawn from my own life.That was back in 2018. Seven years, countless drafts, and one pandemic later, we’re in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance.Where were you when you found out you got into Sundance? How did you feel?I was at home, refreshing my email like a nervous teenager waiting for a college acceptance letter. When the confirmation came, I felt...

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