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AI Short Films

Short films are where generative cinema is developing fastest: focused stories, original animation, visual experiments, and small teams testing what AI can add to filmmaking.

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Science Fiction · 2023 · 12 min

The Frost

A short AI-generated science-fiction film created by Waymark using image-generation and animation tools.

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02

Short Film · 2024 · 2 min

Air Head

A surreal short film from the Toronto-based production company Shy Kids, created with OpenAI's Sora.

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03

Animation · 2023 · 3 min

The Dog & The Boy

An animated short that drew attention for its use of AI-assisted background generation.

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04

Experimental · 2025 · 9 min

Total Pixel Space

A Grand Prix-winning meditation on a digital space containing every possible image, life, and unrealized world.

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05

Drama · 2025 · 3 min

JAILBIRD

A Gold-winning short that follows a chicken through the disorienting experience of entering a human prison.

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06

Science Fiction · 2025 · 6 min

ONE

After Earth collapses, transhuman travelers follow Voyager I and encounter souls seeking human bodies on a distant planet.

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07

Drama · 2025 · 2 min

Distance Between Two Points of Me

A reflective film about displacement, memory, grief, and the emotional distance between presence and absence.

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08

Experimental · 2025 · 3 min

More Tears Than Harm

A sensory collage connecting childhood memories of Madagascar with impressions of the present.

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09

Experimental · 2025 · 8 min

Fragments of Nowhere

A shifting exploration of perception in which time bends, places move, and reality refuses to remain fixed.

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10

Fantasy · 2025 · 6 min

RŌHKI — A Million Trillion Pathways

A swordsman, an immortal, and a cosmic being cross timelines in a battle against an empire built on blood and memory.

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11

Experimental · 2025 · 5 min

6000 Lies

An elusive image of a missing child becomes the center of a search through reconstruction, memory, and invented detail.

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12

Experimental · 2025 · 3 min

Editorial

A feverish collision of playfulness, horror, authenticity, and fabrication centered on images of femininity.

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13

Nature · 2025 · 4 min

Emergence

A small creature reaches the end of seventeen years underground and experiences a brief, luminous transformation.

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14

Surreal · 2024 · 7 min

Get Me Out / 囚われて

Aka repeatedly tries to escape a bizarre suburban house that forces him to confront the past.

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15

Animation · 2024 · 5 min

Pounamu

A kiwi bird pursues a dream through the wilderness in this compact animated journey.

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16

Science Fiction · 2024 · 5 min

e^(iπ) + 1 = 0

A retired mathematician creates digital comics whose virtual children begin searching for the truth of their universe.

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17

Fantasy · 2024 · 2 min

Where Do Grandmas Go When They Get Lost?

A child’s viewpoint turns a painful question about a missing grandmother into a whimsical visual tale.

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18

Historical Fantasy · 2024 · 8 min

The Dawn of Creation

A mystical voyage into Gauguin’s Tahiti becomes an introspective encounter that alters an artist’s vision.

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19

Animation · 2024 · 7 min

A Tree Once Grew Here

A dialogue-free environmental story uses animation and generated imagery to argue for restoring balance with nature.

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20

Drama · 2024 · 3 min

Dear Mom

A daughter imagines meeting her mother at the same age in a personal letter about love and gratitude.

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