Pantomime

Pantomime is an AI short by the creator YZA Voku, under two minutes long and finished in October 2023. The author's website says it was made for the first edition of Runway's Gen:48 contest and describes it as an "experimental narrative on points of view"; no more detailed plot is given. The tools listed on the site are Runway, Midjourney, OpenAI's Dall-E 3, Magnific AI, Adobe Firefly, ElevenLabs and Topaz Video AI, with editing in DaVinci Resolve and music from Epidemic Sound. The author also says it was a finalist at the first Gen:48 and won Best Experimental Film at the Budapest AI Film Festival in 2024; we couldn't find the organiser's own winners list.

Who it's for:viewers who like short, experimental pieces and want to see a film built around point of view.

Before you watch: the full film plays on the author's project page, listed at 1 minute 51 seconds. The author has also posted it on Vimeo and YouTube; the YouTube version is listed at 1:52, and whether it's the same cut isn't stated. The spoken language and subtitles aren't stated. We haven't watched the whole film.

Based on the author's project page. Watch the film itself for the full picture.