A Map for Thunder
A Deaf cartographer who reads storm pressure through her palms must redraw an evacuation route while a supercell erases every road marker in a mountain county.
IXF-AIF-2026-9B2N3D5CXK
The story
Maia Reed builds raised weather maps for communities that cannot rely on aging sirens. When a sudden supercell floods the official route, she and volunteer radio operator Owen Pike cross the county ahead of the storm, embossing a new path into wet asphalt and guiding three isolated neighborhoods toward high ground.
- Original title
- A Map for Thunder
- Land / Region
- Vereinigte Staaten
- Genres
- Aktion · Drama · Thriller
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 108:00
- Director
- Zora Whitcomb
Creative process
Humans retain final control over script, casting intent, performance direction, shot selection, continuity, edit, sound, color, safety review and release approval.
Completed on January 5, 2026 and theatrically released on January 16, 2026; completed and released as of July 17, 2026. Human-authored brief and shot list; supervised current-model generation; manual edit; licensed sound and color finishing; legal, safety and technical quality control.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75 %
- Creative method
- Realfilm mit KI
- Format
- Langfilm
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
- Frame rate
- 23.976
- Delivery format
- DCP 4K Scope + ProRes 422 HQ archival master
- Subtitles
- Englisch · Französisch · Deutsch · Koreanisch · Japanisch · Thailändisch