The Last Show

A two-and-a-half-minute stop-motion-style short that The Dor Brothers made as a Seedance 2.5 showcase for Pippit, ByteDance's AI video tool for marketers: an old craftsman with a squinting eye, a needle and a length of red thread, in a warm, cluttered workshop rendered to look like hand-made puppetry.

It is a long way from the political satire of The Drill and the sci-fi of Apex, and part of a growing line of work for AI studios in late 2026: showcase films commissioned by the AI platforms themselves. A behind-the-scenes video followed on October 15.