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AI Film “Hell Grind” Debuts at Cannes for $500K

5/26/2026

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  • Higgsfield AI premiered the 95-minute AI-generated feature film “Hell Grind” at a Cannes AI film summit.
  • Production cost stayed under US$500,000, including about US$400,000 for compute, which CEO Alex Mashrabov said compares to about US$50 million for a comparable traditional movie.
  • Two Seedance 2.0 short films were selected among 21 works at the Marché du Film hub from over 1,000 submissions from 120 countries.