Switchboard 23, Dreams on Hold
A night switchboard operator discovers that a forgotten line transmits the dreams of people who have not yet been born.
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The story
Nora Benali works alone at the twenty-third desk of a Marseille call center slated for closure. Voices of future children begin to describe neighborhoods the sea will cover; Nora must distinguish prediction from manipulation before the system auto-dials her own family's number.
- Original title
- Standard 23, rêves en attente
- Country / region
- France
- Genres
- Science fiction · Comedy · Thriller
- Language
- French
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 49:00
- Director
- Zoé Baradel
Creative process
The human team retains final decision-making over the script, casting, actor direction, shots, continuity, editing, sound, color, safety, and distribution.
Completed March 27, 2026 and broadcast April 10, 2026; completed and released as of July 17, 2026. Human-written brief and shot list; supervised generation with current models; manual editing; licensed sound and color finishing; legal, safety, and technical quality checks.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Digital-world storytelling
- Format
- Series episode
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85:1
- Frame rate
- 25
- Delivery format
- UHD ProRes 422 HQ episodic master + IMF package + timed text
- Subtitles
- French · English · German · Korean · Japanese · Thai