AI Cinema
The new
unnaturalism.
Eleven discoveries from 2026, alongside nine earlier experiments. Full short films made with generative tools, free to watch through their original YouTube uploads.
Programme refreshed · Newest releases first
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New arrivals · 2026
Eleven new additions, ordered by their public YouTube release. From this week’s discoveries to this year’s festival winners.
Drawn
Halinus Films · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
AA Meeting
Jia Chang · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Noise to Signal
Christopher Fryant · Redacted Owl Studio · 2026
On YouTube ·
Kök Börü
Shakhnazar Borboev, Amina Umirzhanova & Stepan Abramov · Higgsfield Originals · 2026
On YouTube ·
The Bench
Arthur Zepeda · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Paperclip Heart
Tim Simmons · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Little Mes
Lucas Levitan & Fabián Jiménez · Runway AIF 2026 · Merit
On YouTube ·
The Tower
Danny Tseng · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
The Well
Dorian & Daniel · Runway AIF 2026 · Gold
On YouTube ·
Tairell Isn’t Real
Dave Clark · Runway AIF 2026 · Honoree
On YouTube ·
A Face Only a Mother Could Love
Robert Gaudette · Runway AIF 2026 · Grand Prix
On YouTube ·
Laurels, but make them synthetic
From the festival circuit
Awarded films from Runway’s 2026 AI Festival, available in full.
Little Mes
Lucas Levitan & Fabián Jiménez · Runway AIF 2026 · Merit
On YouTube ·
The Well
Dorian & Daniel · Runway AIF 2026 · Gold
On YouTube ·
Tairell Isn’t Real
Dave Clark · Runway AIF 2026 · Honoree
On YouTube ·
A Face Only a Mother Could Love
Robert Gaudette · Runway AIF 2026 · Grand Prix
On YouTube ·
Tomorrow has rendering errors
Strange futures
Dystopias, creatures and visions that benefit from a little instability.
Drawn
Halinus Films · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
AA Meeting
Jia Chang · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Noise to Signal
Christopher Fryant · Redacted Owl Studio · 2026
On YouTube ·
Paperclip Heart
Tim Simmons · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
The Tower
Danny Tseng · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
The Well
Dorian & Daniel · Runway AIF 2026 · Gold
On YouTube ·
Tairell Isn’t Real
Dave Clark · Runway AIF 2026 · Honoree
On YouTube ·
The prompt is not the point
Human after all
Memory, grief, comedy and characters that survive the technology conversation.
AA Meeting
Jia Chang · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Kök Börü
Shakhnazar Borboev, Amina Umirzhanova & Stepan Abramov · Higgsfield Originals · 2026
On YouTube ·
The Bench
Arthur Zepeda · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Paperclip Heart
Tim Simmons · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
Little Mes
Lucas Levitan & Fabián Jiménez · Runway AIF 2026 · Merit
On YouTube ·
The Tower
Danny Tseng · Independent short · 2026
On YouTube ·
A Face Only a Mother Could Love
Robert Gaudette · Runway AIF 2026 · Grand Prix
On YouTube ·
Earlier experiments · 2023–25
From the archive
Nine returning films for context. Earlier voices in AI cinema, kept separate from the new releases.
Feast
Alex Naghavi · GEN:48 2025 · People’s Choice Honoree
On YouTube ·
Get Me Out
Daniel Antebi · 2024 AI Film Festival
On YouTube ·
Where Do Grandmas Go When They Get Lost?
Léo Cannone · 2024 AI Film Festival
On YouTube ·
Lapse
YZA Voku · 2024 AI Film Festival
On YouTube ·
Morning Routine
Knockout Videos · Runway AI Film Festival 2024
On YouTube ·
Steel Pup
Tadano Eiji · GEN:48 · 3rd edition
On YouTube ·
Hold the Line
Gil Galvao, Karim Youssef & Julie Wieland · Runway GEN:48
On YouTube ·
Pantomime
YZA Voku · Independent AI short
On YouTube ·
The Wind Phone
Ahn Jae Hong · Runway GEN:48
On YouTube ·
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