• Drama

The Bearer

This film is inspired by a true story. A Taiwanese village chief, honouring a promise to the elderly veteran Li, joins forces with his sister Xiuqin to fulfill a sibling reunion seventy years overdue.

• Music Video

ALGORTIMO Leggero

BAIFF 2025 Honorable Mention - Where does truth end, and where does fiction begin? This is the question at the heart of "Leggero", the latest music video by Algoritmo, the AI-generated artist. The video follows a surreal day in Milan, where Algoritmo moves through a world where fiction is accepted as truth—from being a guest on a Tv Show to starring in gossip headlines, a fashion ad, and even appearing next to Trump and Zelensky. Everything feels hyper-real, blurring the line between reality and artificiality. Overwhelmed by the illusion of authenticity, Algoritmo—an artificial being himself—experiences a shift when he locks eyes with Andy Warhol in the subway. Warhol, the icon of Pop Art and image reproduction, simply smiles, as if revealing a deeper truth: perhaps reality has always been a construct. At that moment, Algoritmo embraces lightness. The world transforms, and people around him begin to float, freed from the weight of meaning and judgment. In the final surreal moment, he too rises above Milan, finally accepting his nature. The video embodies the theme of the song’s chorus: "I live lightly because, bro, there’s nothing real" (Vivo leggero perché fra non c'è niente di vero).

• Documentary

Ratvertising

Ratvertising is a satirical mockumentary disguised as a scientific behavioral study of a rare species of creative rodents, ratvertisers, working under simulated advertising agency conditions. Created entirely with AI, the film offers a biting critique of agency culture: relentless stress, burnout, and the obsession with productivity at all costs. At a time when artificial intelligence is seen as a threat to many creatives, Ratvertising flips the script, using AI not to replace, but to expose. And it asks a veiled question. Does AI risk making us even more productive... and therefore more enslaved?

• Action
• Sci-Fi

The Mars Novella

BAIFF 2025 Prediction Award - In a future where Mars holds the promise of a new beginning, a resilient UMAI Guardian defies Earth's leaders to protect her vision of equality and justice for humanity's first off-world colony.

• Action
• Live Action

The Threshold

BAIFF 2025 Live Action Award - After twenty years of silence, Sophie meets with her mother Eva – a person who was once her father. This intimate encounter in the stuffy apartment of a ruined tenement becomes a confrontation with the past, pain, and questions about abandonment and acceptance. The film, in the convention of poetic auteur cinema, constitutes a technological and artistic experiment – generative AI tools have replaced the physical film camera here, capturing the world and emotions of the protagonists. It is a story about silence that can scream, and about a moment when one unexpected event can change everything, revealing a truth more painful than years of separation. Awards & Recognition: Winner – Beyond Border IFF 2025 (Best AI Generated Film), Winner – Reale Film Festival 2025 (Best Super Short), Official Selection – BAIFF Venice 2025, Seoul International AIFF 2025, AI Film Awards Venice 2025, Nominee – Digital Griffix Film Awards 2026.