Why this film matters
JAILBIRD has to make an animal’s perspective carry a social argument: a chicken taken into a human prison, and what such a project can give both the bird and the people who look after it. The challenge is keeping a non-speaking point of view readable while the human context stays clear around it.
Andrew Salter describes the film as a translation of his own illustrated storyboards into generated shots, which makes it a useful case of drawn pre-production steering an AI workflow. Runway’s 2025 AI Festival awarded it Gold, ranked below the Grand Prix.
Production evidence
The process account and the closing drawings are the maker’s own statements on the original upload. Models, sound work and any collaborators are not disclosed. This entry is based on the release description and the festival listing; the journal has not watched the complete film.
