Jury Special Prize by Kumiko Endo
Best Synopsis + AI Teaser
WAIFF Kyoto 2026 ↗Official source ↗Editorial card · based on official sources
A reconnaissance team disappears inside a giant hollow that suddenly appears in Alaska’s Aleutian Range.
A giant hollow suddenly appears in Alaska’s Aleutian Range. One hundred and forty-one members of Reconnaissance Company 7 go inside to investigate, and the entire group vanishes.
The jury approached the work as a teaser for a large-scale science-fiction project: AI makes it possible to visualise a scale that would once have required major CG budgets and long preparation. The cover follows that logic, placing a tiny expedition against a space that exceeds its understanding of the world.
Best Synopsis + AI Teaser
WAIFF Kyoto 2026 ↗Official source ↗A confirmed link to the official viewing page or video screening.
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Original Bridges editorial AI illustration; not an official poster or frame.