WALLED DREAMS

WALLED DREAMS is an AI animated short by Bee Han and Yixuan Niu, running just under five minutes. In a city closed in by high walls, a lonely girl meets a toy pig, tells it her secrets and follows it into a dreamlike world. It won the Best AI Animation Award at AI Film Festival Japan 2025. The film's page on the CAIS ROOM platform lists ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway and SUNO AI as the tools; the directors haven't said which tool did what.

Who it's for:viewers who like quiet, fairy-tale animation and want to see how AI draws a dream.

Before you watch: the full film is on CAIS ROOM, the CAIS festival's official viewing platform. The player shows 4 minutes 46 seconds; the festival programme lists 4:50. The spoken language and subtitles aren't stated; we've only seen a frame with both Chinese and English text on screen. We haven't watched the whole film.

Based on the AI Film Festival Japan winners list and the CAIS ROOM film page. Watch the film itself for the full picture.