# Hell Grind

- Date: 2026-08-04
- Type: film
- Credit: Higgsfield AI (dir. Aitore Zholdaskali)
- Genre: Action, Fantasy
- Artists: [Higgsfield AI](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/higgsfield-ai)
- Made with: Higgsfield Soul Cinema & Soul Cast, Seedance 2.0
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33k2tn4GpA
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/hell-grind

A 95-minute action fantasy in which a heist crew chases a stolen artifact into the underworld. Directed by Aitore Zholdaskali, co-written with Adilkhan Yerzhanov.

The production is the interesting document. Fifteen people, fourteen days, $500,000, roughly 80% of it compute, built on Higgsfield and Seedance 2.0 with prompts averaging three thousand words per shot, an essay per clip to hold a face steady. On August 4 Higgsfield open-sourced every prompt and asset, a rare act of disclosure. Two claims don't survive a check. "World's First Ever AI Feature Film" wasn't true in 2024 either. And it did not premiere at Cannes: the Festival confirmed it only screened at a third-party event during festival week. In Cannes, not at Cannes.

Links:
- Prompts + assets (open-sourced): https://higgsfield.ai/s/hell-grind-feature-film-higgsfieldai-ZOsnxM
- CineD — Cannes says it never screened: https://www.cined.com/hell-grind-the-95-minute-ai-feature-cannes-2026-says-it-never-screened/
- Screen Daily — Cannes unveiling: https://www.screendaily.com/news/in-pictures-higgsfield-unveils-fully-ai-generated-feature-hell-grind-in-cannes/5216871.article
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Grind

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/hell-grind
Era: 2026 · The Shakeout
Last updated: 2026-10-02