Ten filmmakers unveiled their native AI short films at the recently concluded Raindance Film Festival in London, with the project, titled “Lost Canon,” produced by Moonmax and built entirely in CapCut Video Studio.

The initiative was jointly commissioned by CapCut, the AI-powered creative platform used by creators in over 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 within a single environment.

The 10 films and their creators are: “Black-Op77” by Frankie Caradonna; “Delete Forever” by Phill Turner; “Soft Play” by Ikenna Mokwe; “Western Cinema!” by Jagger Waters; “What Chivalry Is This” by Toby Hyder; “Theodore and Wilson” by Ben Abergel; “All My Kittens” 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, AI Director at Raindance and CEO of Moonmax. “These tools give creators the ability to bring ideas to life that otherwise would never have existed. AI enables filmmakers to realize stories that would have previously been impossible, inaccessible, or prohibitively expensive.”

In the lead-up to the premiere, participating creators documented their development process across social media, sharing concept reveals, behind-the-scenes content, trailers, 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 lines between fiction and story,” said Lewis Graham, partnerships and community leader at CapCut.