Snail Nine
A courier snail must deliver a living seed through a city that recalculates its streets every hour.
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The story
Nelli knows every shortcut because her slime trail permanently changes the digital city. When the traffic administration wants to delete her route, she teams up with a mischievous ladybug and turns the slowest delivery in the city into a public race.
- Original title
- Schnecke Neun
- Country / region
- Germany
- Genres
- Action · Comedy · Fantasy
- Language
- German
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 78:00
- Director
- Anselm Krug
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; theatrical release October 16, 2026. Human-written briefing 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
- Animation
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85:1
- Frame rate
- 24
- Delivery format
- DCP 2K Flat + ProRes 422 HQ archival master
- Subtitles
- German · English · French · Korean · Japanese · Thai