The Smoke Gardens
A firefighter in Quito grows gardens made of smoke to find houses lost in old fires.
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The story
After a failed rescue, Elena discovers black seeds that grow only inside smoke. Each flower reveals a room that a fire erased. When the city wants to use the garden as a tourist spectacle, Elena must decide whether a painful memory also deserves to take root.
- Original title
- Los Jardines del Humo
- Country / region
- Spain · Mexico
- Genres
- Drama · Fantasy · Thriller
- Language
- Spanish
- Year
- 2027
- Runtime
- 89:00
- Director
- Valeria Rojas
Creative process
Direction, editing, rights review, Spanish-language linguistic reviewer, and sales advisor for LATAM and production approve creative, legal, and cultural outcomes.
Story development, script polish, casting bible, and rights review led by the human team; Runway Gen-4.5 for main cinematic plates; Google Veo 3.1 Flow for physics, camera blocking, and alternate motion passes; Runway Aleph 2.0 for per-shot transformations and continuity corrections; finishing with Blender, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, Pro Tools, Spanish-language review, and C2PA export.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Live action with AI
- Format
- Feature film
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Delivery format
- 4K DCP, ProRes 4444 XQ master, and review H.265 screener.
- Subtitles
- English · Korean · Japanese · Thai · French · Spanish · German