AI-Generated Iran Protest Film Dreams of Violets to Premiere at Tribeca Festival: Watch the…
Dreams of Violets, a film fully generated by AI and inspired by the January 2026 protests in Iran, is set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
- Incident date
- Jan 2026
- Target
- Iranian civilians
A fully AI-generated film, Dreams of Violets, inspired by the January protests in Iran, has been accepted into the 2026 Tribeca Festival.
What happened
Created by AI startup Fountain 0, the film is based on journalistic reports, photographs, and eyewitness accounts of the Iranian government's actions. Every image and person in Dreams of Violets was AI-generated. The film portrays events through the eyes of five strangers during the crackdown on protestors. Made in three months with a budget of $2,000, the film utilized Kling AI for video generation, Anthropic’s Claude AI for language-related editing, Google’s Gemini and Nanobanana for research and imagery, and Fountain 0’s own technology.