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2026 · Science Fiction · 10 min 6 sec
Everyone around Kai sees reality through an implant that renders a personal world. His brain rejects the filter, leaving him alone with a bare, gray environment. An old camcorder offers a different way to share what he sees before his parents can have him repaired.
- Creator
- Jessé Miceli / Horoma Films
- Release date
- September 14, 2026
- Runtime
- 10 min 6 sec
Runtime follows this official public Vimeo release (10:06). The director’s portfolio lists 9:59; no claim is made that the portfolio and Vimeo editions are identical.
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Genre context
- Officially described as a science-fiction short.
- Viewing source
- JMC on Vimeo ↗
- Format
- AI-generated / AI-assisted film
- AI production
- Written, directed, and produced by Jessé Miceli for Horoma Films. His own site identifies the film as fully AI-created, and his official production account states that it was made entirely within Higgsfield AI Cinema Studio, with the generation stages available on a dedicated project page. Individual generation models are not inferred.
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