The Gutter Is Not an Ashtray
IXF-AIF-2026-Z3FCX3U4ZH
The story
A giant cigarette butt tries to slip into a sewer grate, but a gloved hand redirects it into a small container in an urban countryside.
- Original title
- Le Caniveau n'est pas un cendrier
- Country / region
- France
- Genres
- Documentary · Comedy
- Language
- French
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Director
- Bérénice Lavois
Creative process
The human team retains final decision-making over the script, casting, actor direction, shots, continuity, editing, sound, color, safety, and distribution.
Completed on 23 March 2026 and broadcast on 7 April 2026; work completed and released on 17 July 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
- AI documentary
- Format
- Advertisement
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 4:5
- Frame rate
- 25
- Delivery format
- UHD ProRes 422 HQ master + 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 campaign derivatives
- Subtitles
- French · English · German · Korean · Japanese · Thai