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Added Oct 17, 2026

ON HER SHELF

Federica Rodella's three-minute AI animation: a woman sits like a porcelain doll on a shelf until she breaks and light pours through the cracks.

Federica Rodella

3:00AI NativeFantasy

About the film

ON HER SHELF is an animated short by Italian creator Federica Rodella, finished in 2025 and running about three minutes, hosted on caisroom, CloudWalk's curated platform for AI cinema. The synopsis describes a woman sitting motionless on a shelf, like a porcelain doll among teacups and old books, while something burns inside her; one day she silently breaks, and light comes in through the cracks. The synopsis is just these few lines, all built around that one image. The screening page lists ChatGPT, Freepik, Gemini, Midjourney, Runway and Adobe Firefly, and tags it as animation, drama, experimental and fantasy.

Who it's for:viewers who like poetic, symbolic shorts.

Before you watch: it plays publicly on caisroom; we haven't played it ourselves. About three minutes; language and subtitles aren't listed. The confinement and breaking in the synopsis are metaphors, and we haven't checked what's actually shown on screen. No reuse rights are granted.

Based on the caisroom screening page. Watch the film itself for the full picture.

How AI was used

The caisroom page lists ChatGPT, Freepik, Gemini, Midjourney, Runway and Adobe Firefly. It doesn't say which tool was used for which step.

Sources checked; not a review or endorsement of the film.

Based on the project's public documentation. Not tested by AI Inspiration World.