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When Chance Mislaid the War
2026 · Science Fiction · 7 min 52 sec
An intergalactic confrontation approaches war, but a string of ordinary accidents keeps getting in the way. A driving lesson and an unremarkable Sidcup house become part of a bureaucratic detour that makes a cosmic conflict surprisingly difficult to start.
- Creator
- Gary Mason
- Release date
- February 5, 2026
- Runtime
- 7 min 52 sec
Official Vimeo metadata reports 7 min 52 sec; the player rounds its displayed duration to 7 min 51 sec.
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Genre context
- Creator describes a surreal intergalactic near-war; science-fiction grouping with comic elements is editorial.
- Viewing source
- Gary Mason on Vimeo ↗
- Format
- AI-generated / AI-assisted film
- AI production
- Gary Mason credits Veo 3.1 as the scene-and-motion generation engine, Gemini for story development and prompting, and Imagen/Gemini for image assets. He reports at least 70% AI-generated production, followed by human editing and sound work in CapCut.
- Official release license
- Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 ↗
Original film by Gary Mason, shown through its unchanged official player. No adaptation or rehosting.
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