# NIX

- Date: 2026-10-09
- Type: film
- Credit: The Awarehouse Studio
- Genre: Horror, Fantasy
- Artists: [The Awarehouse Studio](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/the-awarehouse-studio)
- Made with: Dreamina
- Award: 2nd Place — Curious Refuge AI Horror Film Competition 2026 — Curious Refuge AI Horror Film Competition 2026
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUuKwvb3qw
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/nix-awarehouse-studio

In a fog-bound village in old Sweden, a young man follows the sound of a violin into the forest. At the foot of a waterfall he finds Nix, the water spirit who teaches mortals to play in exchange for something far more precious, and he comes home with a gift: when he plays, the village dances. The Awarehouse Studio made the three-minute folk-horror short with Dreamina as the pilot for an anthology series built on the Swedish folklore they grew up with. It took second place and $3,000 in the [Curious Refuge AI Horror Film Competition 2026](https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/curious-refuge-ai-horror-film-competition-2026), where some of the judges compared it to The Witch and said they wanted to see it as a feature.

Links:
- The Awarehouse Studio on Instagram: NIX: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeeuCJYAokz/

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/nix-awarehouse-studio
Era: Late 2026 · Prime Time
Last updated: 2026-11-14