‘The CGI would have cost millions. I spent $2,000.’ Is Dreams of Violets AI slop – or the future of film-making?
A new 75-minute drama titled "Dreams of Violets" is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, marking a significant milestone as the first fully AI-generated live-action feature film accepted by a major festival. Directed by Ash Koosha, the film recreates events from Iran's anti-government protests, with nearly all visuals and characters generated by AI. Koosha utilized AI tools for image and character creation, and the chatbot Claude for script refinement, completing the project in approximately two and a half months for a fraction of traditional film production costs. AI
IMPACT This film's premiere signals a potential shift in filmmaking, demonstrating AI's capability to produce feature-length narratives at a significantly reduced cost and time, challenging traditional production methods.