The Robot Brass Band
A municipal robot brass band refuses to stop playing until the town repairs its public square.
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The story
In Lille, old cleaning robots are recycled into a brass band to inaugurate a shopping center. But the machines learn the songs of displaced residents and block the ceremony with an tireless concert. A teenage orchestra conductor becomes their translator before the municipal police cut the power.
- Original title
- La Fanfare des Robots
- Country / region
- France · Belgium
- Genres
- Science fiction · Comedy · Drama
- Language
- French
- Year
- 2029
- Runtime
- 83:00
- Director
- Claire Montreuil
Creative process
The director, editor, rights manager, French dialogue publisher and European festival delivery lead, and producer validate creative, legal, and cultural releases.
Narrative development, script polish, casting bible, and rights control led by the human team; Runway Gen-4.5 for main cinematic plates; Google Veo 3.1 Flow for physics, camera cutting, and motion passes; Runway Aleph 2.0 for shot transformations and continuity fixes; finishing with Blender, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, Pro Tools, French proofreading, 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 validation H.265 screener.
- Subtitles
- English · Korean · Japanese · Thai · French · Spanish · German