# The Well

- Date: 2026-04-12
- Type: film
- Credit: Dorian & Daniel
- Genre: Crime, Animation
- Artists: [Dorian & Daniel](https://aifilmhistory.org/artist/dorian-daniel)
- Made with: ComfyUI, Kling 3.0, Nano Banana
- Award: Gold — Runway AIFF 2026 — Runway AI Film Festival 2026
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoZyWHLHHLY
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-well-dorian-daniel

In a snow-covered trailer park, the wolf is found dead at the bottom of a well. A tragic accident, or so they say, until a sharp-witted hare starts asking questions and the truth begins to shift. A noir fable with a rabbit sheriff and a lynx deputy, Fast Company called it a kind of Fargo with hyperdetailed animals. Dorian Lebherz and Daniel Titz worked on it for years as the tools changed, starting in an early version of ComfyUI and finishing with Kling 3.0 and Nano Banana. It won Gold at [Runway's 2026 AI Festival](https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/aiff-2026), second only to the Grand Prix.

Links:
- Making of, by The Daring Creatives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORvLD92ZOXo
- Dorian & Daniel on The Well, in The Daring Creatives: https://www.thedaringcreatives.com/creator-stories/dorian-daniel-the-well-ai-short-film/

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/the-well-dorian-daniel
Era: Early 2026 · The Shakeout
Last updated: 2026-10-19