AI-generated film 'Dreams of Violets' about Iranian protests to premiere at Tribeca Festival
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Summary
A fully AI-generated 75-minute film called "Dreams of Violets" will premiere at the Tribeca Festival. The film dramatizes the Iranian government's mass killing of protestors in January 2026, using AI-generated people and images. Created by Iranian-born brothers Ash and Pooya Koosha, the film cost only $2,000 to produce and is based on journalistic reports, photographs, and eyewitness accounts.
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· 3 pulledDreams of Violets cost $2,000 to make
based on journalistic reports, photographs, and eyewitness accounts
The 75-minute film is a fictional dramatization of the Iranian government's mass killing of protestors in January
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