District 9 director Neill Blomkamp releases first short film made entirely with AI video generation

"District 9" director Neill Blomkamp has released "Nightborne," a 13-minute sci-fi horror short generated entirely with the Seedance 2.0 video model. Blomkamp directed frame by frame through text prompts and founded a new AI film studio, Barley Studios, to produce a full-length feature next. The…

"District 9" director Neill Blomkamp has released "Nightborne," a 13-minute sci-fi horror short generated entirely with the Seedance 2.0 video model. Blomkamp directed frame by frame through text prompts and founded a new AI film studio, Barley Studios, to produce a full-length feature next. The article District 9 director Neill Blomkamp releases first short film made entirely with AI video generation appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published July 20, 2026 at 17:32 UTC — Category: Image AI