Short films

Cinematic Frontier: AI Program

AI

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleReservation
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives2026.05.26 [Tue] 17:30-19:20
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives2026.05.28 [Thu] 14:30-16:10
LIFORK HARAJUKU2026.06.07 [Sun] 12:00-18:30

Online Screening

OnlineScheduleOnline Screening
Online Screening2026.05.25 [Mon] - 2026.06.10 [Wed]
  • Online

    Horizon

    "Sometimes I look at the horizon and it feels like something in me slips away."

    Horizon is an AI-generated short film, the story of the Air Runner Girl, a girl who can fly through dreams.

    Felix Roumagnac / 0:04:02 / France / Music Video / 2025

  • Online

    Fragment of Falling

    In the near future, as climate collapse and technological ruin erode society, even the sky has become unstable. Not only rain, snow, and blossoms, but fragments of structures—and even people—fall ceaselessly from above. Falling has become both a symbol of fear and a rhythm of ordinary life.

    To end her life, Yoon throws herself from a transmission tower. Yet when she opens her eyes, she is still alive. Beside her lies a vast crater. Over the years, it fills with water and becomes a pond—one that Yoon discovers, by chance, is an entrance into layered multiverse worlds.

    Beneath its surface, she encounters countless versions of herself, including the one who once chose to fall—her past self. At last, Yoon realizes that within the endless cycle of descent, only she can reach out and save herself. And so, she falls again, this time to grasp her own hand.

    Falling is not an end, but a loop. And within that loop, we can find a fragment of ‘I’.

    Woonha Kim / 0:09:57 / Korea / / 2025

  • Online

    STILL IN THE DIALOGUE | STUBGIRL

    STILL IN THE DIALOGUE
    A visual poem of STUBGIRL,
    an unfinished muse born from AI.
    Once silent, she begins to confront the world?
    finding her voice through music.

    Hiroyuki Okamoto / 0:07:46 / Japan / Video Art / 2025

  • Online

    Don’t Know How to Land

    Inspired by a real event that occurred in 2018 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, this animated short tells the story of Hill, a woman who takes off into the night sky in a stolen plane?for the first and perhaps the last time in her life.
    This film is an AI-assisted animation project. Still images were generated using Midjourney; motion visuals were created in collaboration with AI tools including Hailuo AI, Jimeng AI, and Keling AI. Voice performances were generated using ElevenLabs.

    Xiaohan Yu / 0:04:47 / China / Animation / 2025

  • Online

    Costa Verde

    We follow a boy as he unboxes his first camera and documents summer with his grandparents. What begins as experimentation becomes a chronicle of small wonders, revealing traces of magic in everyday life. Created with AI (bar one shot), it celebrates the nostalgia of childhood summers and the dreamlike wonder family brings to our lives.

    Léo Cannone / 0:11:35 / France / Drama / 2025

  • Online

    Mom’s wish

    A strong-willed 65-year-old mother drags her 38-year-old daughter into an absurd quest to secure the best cemetery plot in the city for her deceased parents. Through this darkly comic journey, the two generations confront their conflicts and gradually discover a way to understand one another.

    Jing Wen & Xiaodan Huang / 0:18:30 / China / Animation / 2026

  • Online

    World AI Film Festival 2026 Best AI Film Award Winner

    Re:right

    • Special Screening

    A woman rewrites her past to escape her father’s final words: “a bitter truth.” What follows is a beautiful yet brutal record of self-redemption. Does rewriting memory and removing pain bring salvation, or the loss of humanity?

    Suguru Niino / 0:10:00 / Japan / Drama / 2026

  • Online

    World AI Film Festival 2026 Japan Best AI Film Award Winner

    This is me

    • Special Screening

    This short animated film explores the instability of gender identity and the disconnect from society’s demand for "clarity," employing a unique visual language that seamlessly blends fantasy with realism.

    Marika Hirata / 0:10:00 / Japan / Animation / 2026

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Event
Partner

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives

Creative Partner

TYO Inc.

Media Partners

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Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

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