Film record 2026 · Hybrid entry · Japan
The Skyline Remembers
An obsolete city-planning AI reconstructs a vanished neighborhood to find the person who taught it grief.
About
Tools
Runway · Midjourney
+4 more in the stack
Method
Hybrid
Human + AI
Efficiency
34 CPM
Credits / minute
Genre
Sci-fi · Mystery · Drama
Runtime
1h 34m
Story record
Synopsis
Set inside a municipal archive that dreams in steel and rain, The Skyline Remembers follows a preservation bot as it renders one impossible block after another. The film blends procedural city generation, AI voice performance, and practical miniature photography into a melancholy mystery about public memory.
AI-specific metadata
AI workflow disclosure
Production efficiency
34 cpm
AI contribution
80% visual generation, 20% human editing/compositing
Production stack
AI video
Runway
Approx. $180
Gen-3 generations and video extensions.
City reconstruction shots and transitional dream sequences.
AI image
Midjourney
Approx. $72
Fast GPU image generations.
Key art, street texture references, and archive stills.
AI voice
ElevenLabs
Approx. $56
Character voice generation minutes.
Synthetic archive narrator and municipal AI voice.
AI music
Suno
Approx. $38
Music generation credits.
Theme sketches and temp score motifs.
LLM planning
ChatGPT
Approx. $44
Writing and planning token usage.
Beat sheets, scene alternates, and disclosure notes.
Editing
CapCut
Approx. $30
Editing/export subscription allocation.
Rough assembly, captions, and social trailer cutdowns.
Human-made vs AI-generated estimate
Budget in tool credits and currency
Total render/generation time
Generated shots vs final shots used
Custom-trained models
Actor likeness or voice consent
Copyrighted/IP-based material
Creator owns the IP
Team
Director
Writer
Producer
Prompt artist
AI cinematographer
AI animation lead
Video editor
Sound designer
Music creator
Voice actors
Human actors
Model trainers
VFX/compositing artists
Colorist
Poster designer
Studio / collective
Tool consultants
IP owner
Original concept creator
Production recipes
Related workflows
Festival record
Screenings & awards
Festival screenings
2026 New York / Los Angeles · Los Angeles
June 18, 2026
2026 Geneva · Geneva, Switzerland
July 9, 2026
Community notes
Comments
Comment
by Gooduck
Loved ths story. Would love ti see the tools behind it.