The Orphanage

Name: The Orphanage
Uploaded: 2026-09-08T15:26:02Z
Duration: 415 s
Description: Hoping to ease the silence left by a loss, a mother brings home a synthetic child, unaware that the robot has a hidden purpose behind the emotions it seems to share.

Year listed: 2026

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The Orphanage | AI Sci-Fi Short Film | Higgsfield Film Festival (2026)

Published at the original source: 2026-09-08. This is the upload date, which may differ from the film’s release.

7 min · English · Science fiction · Drama

Hoping to ease the silence left by a loss, a mother brings home a synthetic child, unaware that the robot has a hidden purpose behind the emotions it seems to share.

Why we picked it

A grieving mother brings home a synthetic child to fill the silence, unaware of the robot's hidden purpose. A seven-minute English sci-fi drama.

Bereavement, manipulation and disturbing themes; AI-created film.

Source: Maurizio Cibelli

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