According to Variety, filmmaker Ash Koosha has completed the first feature film made entirely with AI: an Iranian protest drama called Dreams of Violets. The AI-generated film depicts scenes of civil unrest in Tehran, with soldiers and civilians navigating tumultuous streets. Reviewer Owen Gleiberman notes that while the film is dramatically uneven, it demonstrates that artificial intelligence can now create convincing cinematic sequences at scale—a startling indication of how AI might reshape filmmaking itself.

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