The Gesture

AI-generated film by retinal21 · 2026 · 7 min · Animation

The Gesture, an AI film by retinal21

About the film

THE GESTURE A short film made for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026. A man made of ink stands on an empty white page. A hole burns open in front of him, and through it he sees colour for the first time: a real street, and a woman who turns and almost finds him. He crosses four worlds to reach her — ink line, anime cel, felt stop-motion, oil impasto — and each one takes something from him. He arrives in the real world intact and empty, and he no longer knows the face he crossed four worlds to find.

Future Lantern score

56 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 245 views and 9 likes on YouTube.

Watch on YouTube. Hosted on YouTube by retinal21; Future Lantern links to the original upload.