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Article2 min read6 Oct 2026

7 AI short films you can watch in under five minutes

Seven AI films from the catalogue, each under five minutes: a balloon-headed man, a fake pizza advert, a voicemail to the past and more.

By AIcineverse editors ·

Still from air head

Not sure where to start with AI film? These seven run from 31 seconds to just over four minutes. They are listed shortest first, so you can stop whenever your coffee is ready.

1. Pepperoni Hug Spot (0:31)

Pepperoni Hug Spot by Pizza Later is a television advert for a pizza restaurant that doesn't exist. Its creator titled it an “AI TV Commercial”, and it plays exactly like a local ad that has gone slightly wrong.

2. Genesis: Official Trailer (0:49)

Genesis by Nicolas Neubert is a concept trailer for a dystopian epic about humans and machines. It was made from Midjourney images animated in Runway. There is no full film behind it; the trailer is the work.

3. air head (1:22)

In air head by the Toronto studio shy kids, a man with a yellow balloon for a head talks through the ups and downs of his life. It was made with OpenAI's Sora.

4. Generation (2:13)

Generation by Riccardo Fusetti starts from a filmed dance performance and transforms it with AI-driven visual effects. It won the Grand Prix at the first AI Film Festival in 2023.

5. Thank You For Not Answering (2:25)

In Thank You For Not Answering by Paul Trillo, a man leaves a voicemail for someone from his past. As he talks, fragments of fading memory surface and he imagines a life that could have been. The director made it from image and text prompts with Runway's Gen-2.

6. 犬と少年 (The Dog & The Boy) (3:35)

The Dog & The Boy is a Japanese animated short about the friendship between a boy and a robot dog. The characters are hand-animated; the background art was made with AI image generation and retouched by hand.

7. Washed Out: The Hardest Part (4:03)

The music video for The Hardest Part by Washed Out, directed by Paul Trillo, is one continuous push forward through a couple's life together, from their school days onward. It was made with OpenAI's Sora.

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