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The Fracture

Jacopo Reale · 12:17 · Full film

In 1515, a queen welcomes her husband home from battle, only to find his memories entangled with another era and her familiar reality becoming unstable.

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The Fracture poster
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Watch the film

  • Full film · YouTube (new tab)

    Original upload by Animatix · 12:17. Checked on 30 October 2026; access and captions depend on YouTube. A frame-for-frame match to the festival copy has not been confirmed.

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From the filmmakers

Classes, interviews and production notes from the filmmakers and their teams.

  • Production-team notes · Video · Italian · English subtitles have not been confirmed

    Animatix and Labyrinth Studio: The Fracture Behind the Scenes (new tab)

    Animatix / Labyrinth Studio production team · Animatix on YouTube · 2026.03.19

    Watch the video (new tab)YouTube · Animatix

    The team’s 05:03 making-of traces the film from 16th-century research to character, costume and cinematography choices, highlighting historical portraits and stylised dramatic moments.

    • Period research: the account starts with the 16th-century setting rather than model settings.
    • Character and costume references: historical portraits inform their visual design.
    • Cinematography: a stylised visual register supports key dramatic moments. Shot settings and prompts are not supplied.
    Verification and access notes

    Checked the production channel, 05:03 player and full English description, sampling Italian-language footage. No complete transcript or workflow reproduction is claimed; it is not labelled an English class.

    Italian-language video with an English description; captions and availability depend on YouTube. English subtitles have not been confirmed.

    Checked: 2026.10.30

  • Creator interview · Article · English

    Jacopo Reale on The Fracture: Unstable Reality and Traditional Finishing (new tab)

    Ralina Jakisheva interviews Jacopo Reale · Qazinform / Kazinform · 2026.10.04

    Read the article (new tab)Qazinform

    Reale centres the film on the feeling of familiar reality slipping out of control. The project took over a month, combining generative images and video with traditional editing and sound finishing.

    • Emotional premise: the director stresses unstable reality rather than a technology demonstration.
    • Craft continuity: with over 15 years in editing, he retains narrative structure, editing, sound design and mixing.
    • The reported month-plus schedule is not a budget or a general production benchmark.
    Verification and access notes

    Read the named reporter’s original interview and cross-checked production credits and the official award list. Methods and schedule are reported, not independently reproduced.

    English written interview; the key thematic and production points are summarised here.

    Checked: 2026.10.30

Film record

RecognitionOpen Competition · Best Direction
Festival / platformAstana AI Film Festival 2026
DirectorJacopo Reale
Runtime12:17

Awards and recognition

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AI production notes

Produced by Animatix and Labyrinth Studio. The original description says it was made inside Animatix and credits human writing, direction, AI creative direction, AI design and sound finishing. The team’s making-of discusses historical portraits and stylised cinematography without naming generation models.

This is a source note, not an independent audit of every shot.

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Sources and last checked

Last checked: 2026-10-30. Links go to the original organiser or creator source.

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