# Separation

- Date: 2024-05-01
- Type: film
- Credit: Rufus Dye-Montefiore, Luke Dye-Montefiore & Alice Boyd
- Genre: Animation, Experimental
- Artists: [Rufus Dye-Montefiore](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/rufus-dye-montefiore), [Luke Dye-Montefiore](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/luke-dye-montefiore), [Alice Boyd](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/alice-boyd)
- Award: Merit — Runway AIFF 2024 — Runway AI Film Festival 2024
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2srTFBtjqM8
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/separation-studio-gruff

A journey through geologic time as strange hybrid creatures evolve, split apart and learn to live side by side. The brothers behind London's Studio Gruff drew every character and environment by hand and animated it frame by frame, then used generative AI for color and lighting and AI interpolation to smooth the motion. Alice Boyd's score blends voice with sounds made by plants, recorded inside the Eden Project's rainforest dome. A Merit winner at [Runway's second AI Film Festival](https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/aiff-2024).

Links:
- AIFF 2024 winners: https://aiff.runwayml.com/2024
- Separation on Studio Gruff: https://www.studiogruff.com/separation

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