AI Film "Hell Grind" Debuts at Cannes: A New Era?

A new movie made entirely using artificial intelligence premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. This 95-minute film, called "Hell Grind," took a team of 15 just two weeks to create. Its cost was $500,000, with $400,000 going to compute costs. San Francisco startup Higgsfield AI calls it the "world’s first ever AI feature film." The film features violent fantasy action and a gods-and-monsters plot. Its creators used detailed prompts averaging 3,000 words to generate short segments of footage. Higgsfield founder Alex Mashrabov says this film shows AI can maintain character consistency and narrative across a full feature. This screening comes as AI remains a significant topic in Hollywood, with some in the industry showing more openness to its use. This development could signal a new era for filmmaking.