# Animitas

- Date: 2024-05-01
- Type: film
- Credit: Emeric Leprince
- Genre: Drama, Documentary
- Artists: [Emeric Leprince](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/emeric-leprince)
- Made with: Runway
- Award: Merit — Runway AIFF 2024 — Runway AI Film Festival 2024
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcFbazamTg
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/animitas

A young Argentine man is stuck in limbo after a fatal car crash, his story told through the animitas, the roadside shrines that mark where people died. Emeric Leprince photographed real animitas while crossing Chile by van in 2020, then used Runway to set the stills in motion and Photoshop to extend the frames, changing real people's faces for privacy. Part photo documentary, part AI film, it won a Merit award at [Runway's second AI Film Festival](https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/aiff-2024) and screened at interfilm Berlin.

Links:
- AIFF 2024 winners: https://aiff.runwayml.com/2024

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/animitas
Era: 2024 · The Great Convergence
Last updated: 2026-10-19