Variety [Unofficial]I Saw ‘Hell Grind,’ the AI Film From Cannes. The Plot Is Nonsensical, but the Visuals Were Shockingly Realistic
VarietyI Saw ‘Hell Grind,’ the AI Film From Cannes. The Plot Is Nonsensical, but the Visuals Were Shockingly Realistic
#Variety #Features #HellGrind #HiggsfieldAI
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈"The way Roco held a slice of pizza in one scene looked like it was his first time encountering the food, for example. The synthetic children in the movie generally creeped me out, and the AI-generated voice work didn't always feel consistent (one character seemed to flip between a British and American accent, for instance)."
Humans wrote the plot and most of the dialogue, but you can't escape the Uncanny Valley
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-movie-hell-grind-higgsfield-feel-something-real-for-moment-2026-6
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FiretheringThe $500K AI Film That ‘Premiered at Cannes’ Didn’t Actually Premiere at Cannes
https://firethering.com/hell-grind-ai-film-cannes-premiere-higgsfield/
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The $500K AI Film That 'Premiered at Cannes' Didn't Actually Premiere at Cannes - Firethering
Last week an AI startup called Higgsfield announced it had premiered a fully AI-generated feature film at Cannes. The Wall Street Journal covered it. The founder posted on LinkedIn that "for decades, Cannes has been the room where new cinema gets legitimized." The story spread fast. There was one problem. Cannes said it never happened. "We can confirm that 'Hell Grind' was not screened as part of the official Festival de Cannes program," a festival spokesperson said. The film was shown at a paid third-party screening at a local theater in the town of Cannes during the festival period. That's a meaningfully different thing and the distinction matters because the entire credibility of the announcement rested on the Cannes name. This deserves the attention because it's a clean example of how AI hype gets manufactured and how quickly it travels before anyone checks.