One Lap Before Sunrise
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The story
A sixty-four-year-old night janitor secretly laces up abandoned roller skates and attempts one clean lap of a shuttered mall rink before the morning demolition crew arrives.
- Original title
- One Lap Before Sunrise
- Country / region
- United States
- Genres
- Drama · Comedy · Action
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 18:00
- Director
- Mara Ellington
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 6, 2026 and released on January 19, 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
- Live action with AI
- Format
- Short film
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66:1
- Frame rate
- 23.976
- Delivery format
- DCP 2K Flat + ProRes 422 HQ archival master
- Subtitles
- English · French · German · Korean · Japanese · Thai