A Bottle Named Friday
In eight eleven-minute episodes, a green reusable bottle travels through a wedding, a demonstration, a kiosk, and a recycling yard, connecting people who never meet.
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The story
The eight-part short series consistently stays at bottle height and dedicates each episode to a new owner. An engraved Friday mark is interpreted differently at every station until the deposit system returns it in the finale to its first filler.
- Original title
- Eine Flasche namens Freitag
- Country / region
- Germany
- Genres
- Comedy · Drama · Experimental
- Language
- German
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 88:00
- Director
- Viktor Linde
Creative process
Humans retain the final decision on screenplay, casting, acting direction, shot selection, continuity, editing, sound, color, safety review, and release.
As of July 17, 2026: completed; series premiere on October 30, 2026. Human-written briefing and shot list; supervised generation with current models; manual editing; licensed sound and color finishing; legal, safety, and technical quality control.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Digital-world storytelling
- Format
- Series
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 1.50:1
- Frame rate
- 25
- Delivery format
- UHD ProRes 422 HQ episodic master + IMF package + timed text
- Subtitles
- German · English · French · Korean · Japanese · Thai