Black Thunder

A twelve-minute film that Ryan Lightbourn released on X with a single line: "Ride the Black Thunder." It passed 100,000 views in its first day, his longest AI film to date after the seven-minute Satoshi Sunrise. A retro eighties fantasy adventure of practical-effects creatures, outrageous heroes and cosmic mythology, it was one of six Grand Prize finalists at the first Lumara Film Festival and won its Serenissima Award for the best film made with Venice.