About the film
The Oldest Tree is a three-minute short from the YouTube channel Nice Dreamz about a girl, her grandfather who is losing his memory, and a redwood tree, with a story that spans several years and a final cut of 49 shots. What sets it apart is how it was made: the creator says the whole film was produced locally on one MacBook M5 Max, writing, "Every frame, every voice and every note of music was generated on the laptop," with no cloud services for images, voices or music. The description lists the open-source tools in the pipeline, including Qwen-Image for stills, LTX-series models for animation and lip-sync, Chatterbox and Kokoro for voices, ACE-Step for music, and face-recognition tools to keep the characters looking consistent from shot to shot.
Who it's for:Viewers who like tender family stories, and creators curious about what an AI film made entirely on their own computer, without the cloud, can look like.
Before you watch: Free to watch on YouTube, about 3 minutes, and the platform may show ads. The description is in English; the spoken language and subtitles aren't stated. The title includes the words "October 2026 Progress." The characters are fictional; we haven't checked whether all the face references the creator used were licensed. The tools and hardware are as the creator describes them; we haven't reproduced the setup.
Based on the creator's public description on YouTube. Watch the film itself for the full picture.
How AI was used
The creator's YouTube description says every frame, voice and piece of music was generated with local AI on one laptop, and lists the open-source models and tools used.
Sources checked; not a review or endorsement of the film.