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by Mark Wachholz · Particle Panic
Fragments of memory pass through changing bodies and imagined futures.
Hou and Wachholz use a speculative question to organise the film: what might a memory become if it reached someone after its owner was gone?
AI Film Festival Japan programmed the 8:08 short and awarded it BEST CREATIVE at its 2026 edition.
Particle Panic’s official YouTube release runs 8:08, matching the festival programme.
What the makers have disclosed. Credits may be partial.
Zuxin Hou and Mark Wachholz collaborated as Bicycle Kids in Shanghai International Film Festival’s AI Backlot. zero1cine reports a four-week production supported by Minimax Hailuo.
zero1cine.com source ↗zero1cine lists Midjourney V7 and V8.1 and GPT Image 2 for keyframes, Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0 for animation, ElevenLabs V2 for voice, Suno 5.5 for music, Seedance 2.0 for effects, and Dehancer Pro for the film look.
zero1cine.com source ↗
