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Alas de Papel (Paper Wings)
2025 · Animation · 4 min 15 sec
Eight-year-old Sumaq works in Ecuador to support her younger brother. Through a mixture of animated imagery, music, and spoken word, her experience draws attention to children whose labor remains unseen and asks the audience to look more closely.
- Creator
- Amaru Zeas-Sigüenza
- Release date
- April 15, 2025
- Runtime
- 4 min 15 sec
- Genre
- Animation
- Genre context
- Creator-described animated short; the director’s festival submission also categorizes it as animation and experimental.
- Viewing source
- Amaru Zeas on Vimeo ↗
- Format
- AI-generated / AI-assisted film
- AI production
- Amaru Zeas-Sigüenza’s own production account describes creating more than 3,500 images, 400 video clips, and 145 soundtrack versions with AI tools. Credited tools include Griptape, Black Forest Labs, Suno, ComfyUI, Stability AI, Kling, Runway, OpenAI, and OpenArt, alongside Adobe and Blackmagic Design finishing tools. His FilmFreeway submission credits him as director, writer, producer, and soundtrack creator.
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