Ten filmmakers unveiled their AI-native short films at the recently concluded Raindance Film Festival in London, with the project – titled “Lost Canon” – produced by Moonmax and built entirely on CapCut Video Studio.
The initiative was commissioned jointly by CapCut, the AI-powered creative platform used by creators across more than 200 regions worldwide, and Moonmax, a studio focused on next-generation storytelling, in partnership with Raindance Film Festival.
Participants were challenged to imagine stories, artifacts, places, events, and cultural phenomena that never existed. Each film was conceived, developed, and finished within CapCut Video Studio, a canvas-based AI production workspace that covers ideation, storyboarding, scene generation, editing, and final export inside a single environment.
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The 10 films and their creators are: “Black-Op77” by Frankie Caradonna; “Delete Forever” by Phill Turner; “Soft Play” by Ikenna Mokwe; “Cinema West!” by Jagger Waters; “What Chivalry Is This” by Toby Hyder; “Theodore and Wilson” by Ben Abergel; “All My Kitties” by Katharina Gellein Viken; “Mothmen” by Jan-Willem Blom; “Mayoiga” by Paige Piskin; and “E14” by Tamas Olajos.
“The concept of ‘Lost Canon’ has a double meaning for us,” said Daniel Gordon, head of AI at Raindance and CEO of Moonmax. “These tools give creators the ability to bring ideas into existence that might otherwise never have existed at all. AI allows filmmakers to realize stories that would previously have been impossible, inaccessible, or prohibitively expensive.”
In the lead-up to the premiere, the participating creators documented their development process across social media, sharing concept reveals, behind-the-scenes content, teasers, and poster artwork. Raindance, which has long championed emerging filmmakers and disruptive storytelling formats, provided the festival platform for the project.
“It’s exactly the kind of AI-native filmmaking we built Video Studio for: giving creators the tools to build entirely new worlds and blur the boundaries between fiction and history,” said Lewis Graham, partnerships and community lead at CapCut.