October 2024Festival / Contest
Gen:48 — 3rd Edition
Runway Studios
Beatrice
OLD NEW RARE
Grand Prix
The third Gen:48 introduces the IMAX Selection award, signaling Runway's ambition to bring AI films to the biggest screens. 'Beatrice' by OLD NEW RARE wins the Grand Prix. 'RUPU-KK: the Loop' takes People's Choice. Holden Boyles wins Best Craft for 'Honu,' Neural Viz wins Best Script for 'Welcome to Void's,' and Thomas Frenk earns the inaugural IMAX Selection for 'the brave little hen (or how a fox became a father).' The quality leap from Gen-2-era films to Gen-3-Alpha-era films is dramatic. These aren't experiments anymore. They're short films.