UTPL reproduces legends from Ecuador with AI

by | Aug 26, 2025 | Artificial Inteligence, Audiovisual

Traditions come to life with Artificial Intelligence!

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The O-CITY platform is proud to announce its strategic alliance with the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador) to promote an innovative teaching project that revolutionizes the preservation of cultural heritage by combining education, technology, and tradition.

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O-CITY presents, thanks to the efforts of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja and under the direction of our colleague Pedro Monteros Valdivieso, the animated short film made with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools: La Novena de la Virgen de El Cisne.

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🎬 https://o-city.org/city/153233/heritage/115

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This AI-animated film will be part of the tenth edition of the Loja International Festival of Living Arts, and is one of five animated short films that UTPL will present at the event, which showcase Ecuador’s ancestral traditions.

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A revolutionary project

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“Production of animated films with AI on the Intangible Heritage of Loja” is a pioneering initiative that includes:

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  • 5 animated short films that revive ancestral traditions

  • First installment: The Novena of the Virgin of El Cisne

  • Educational innovation: A pioneering model in Latin America

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This project makes history

✔️ Grand premiere: July 31 at the Loja City Museum

✔️ Global availability: Dedicated website and UTPL social media

✔️ International screening: English subtitled versions

✔️ Permanent record: Geolocated on the O-CITY map

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Cultural impact

  • Key contribution to the Loja International Festival of Living Arts (10th edition).

  • Intangible heritage preserved for future generations.

  • Replicable model for communities throughout Latin America.

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Multiplier effect


For the director of the short film series, Pedro Monteros Valdivieso, “this project, in collaboration with the UTPL, combines tradition and technology to revitalize, in an audiovisual format, the history and miracles of one of Ecuador’s most important sacred figures.”

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According to Monteros, “the distribution of this short film relies on the multiplier effect of social media and messaging channels such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and others. The posts can be downloaded directly from a UTPL page and viewed on social media and digital platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, and can also be easily shared via WhatsApp.

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“The result has been a high volume of downloads—thousands of them—and constant circulation among groups of Loja residents living in different parts of the world. This distribution dynamic not only expands the project’s reach, but also strengthens collective identity, which is precisely the purpose behind this initiative.”

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“Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey and to those who are helping this story reach a wider audience.
We invite you to watch the film on O-CITY!”

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We invite you to be part of this new way of sharing our traditions:

https://o-city.org/city/153233/heritage/115

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“AI does not replace our identity… it amplifies it in new languages. We invite you to watch this first AI-animated film on Ecuador’s intangible heritage, thanks to our collaboration with UTPL”

— Pepe Marín-Roig (O-CITY Director).

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