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AI and Art Collide in Cannes Short Film
30 May
Summary
- New film uses generative AI and live-action.
- Stars Paul Rudd and features Chris Rock's voice.
- Premiered at Cannes Classics alongside restorations.
Dustin Yellin's creative short film, "Goodnight Lamby," made its debut at the Cannes Classics lineup. This 15-minute piece is a collaborative effort, produced by Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup studio and shot by Oscar nominee Matthew Libatique. The film stars Paul Rudd and features the voice of Chris Rock, telling the story of Yellin's daughter seeking a lost toy within one of his sculptures.
The short is notable for its integration of live action, photography, collage-style animation, and generative AI, specifically utilizing Google Veo 3. This technological fusion is a natural extension of Yellin's "multimodal" artistic style, which he describes as "frozen cinema." Ricardo Villavicencio served as head animator, transforming Yellin's "Politics of Eternity" sculpture into a sprawling digital landscape.
"Goodnight Lamby" premiered at Cannes alongside 4K restorations and filmmaking documentaries, indicating the festival's embrace of new technologies. Yellin views AI as a medium-agnostic tool, emphasizing that artistic merit lies in the vision, not the medium. The film is slated for further festival exhibition and museum tours, aiming to introduce AI and art to broader audiences.
