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2026 · Animation · 6 min 55 sec

On a mountain above the clouds, a stone people endlessly cut rings into the grass without questioning the ritual. When a passing shadow kills a bird in a young keeper's hand, he rides beyond the last green boundary to learn what the work has been holding back.

Creator

Jitesh Pujari

Release date

September 13, 2026

Runtime

6 min 55 sec

Genre

Animation

Genre context

Creator-described animated speculative short about ritual, discovery, and a stone people above the clouds.

Viewing source

Jitesh Pujari on YouTube ↗

Format

AI-generated / AI-assisted film

AI production

Written and directed by Jitesh Pujari and Anshu Srivastava. The official release states that every frame was generated with Seedance on Higgsfield AI and identifies the film as a Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026 entry.

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