2182

Name: 2182
Uploaded: 2026-09-12T21:32:23+00:00
Duration: 6 min 50 s
Channel: Kyle King
Description: 2182 is a dystopian science fiction short film inspired by 80's cyberpunk cinema. The story follows two survivors on a decaying Earth choked by polluted air, making one final run across a lawless border to reach a rumored haven. The film was created for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026 and created using Seedance 2.5 and Seedream 4.5. Created by Kyle King.

AI-generated film by Kyle King · 2026 · 7 min · Sci-Fi

2182, an AI film by Kyle King

About the film

2182 is a dystopian science fiction short film inspired by 80's cyberpunk cinema. The story follows two survivors on a decaying Earth choked by polluted air, making one final run across a lawless border to reach a rumored haven. The film was created for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026 and created using Seedance 2.5 and Seedream 4.5. Created by Kyle King. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: I made 2182 with a desire to strip science fiction of glossy, weightless spectacle and return to the grounded, tactile emotion of the classic cinema of the 80's. At its core, the film explores devotion in the face of slow, irreversible decay. The film examines a future world suffocating under decades of neglect and industrial pollution—where the elites have abandoned the planet, leaving ordinary survivors to carry the physical and emotional cost. Ken and Ally’s journey is not about saving the world. It is about saving one person. What truly defines humanity? Is it our biological fragility, or the del

Future Lantern score

77 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 15,448 views and 242 likes on YouTube.

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