Independent film · Global · 2026Film
The Elevator.
Marvin Curioso’s comedy-thriller takes an elevator passenger through a succession of impossible floors towards an unexpected revelation.
- Brand
- Independent film
- Agency
- Marvin Curioso
- Market
- Global
- Region
- Global
- Year
- 2026
The challenge
Hold comedy and tension together without letting the film drift into horror, while maintaining a consistent protagonist across radically different settings.
The idea
Each elevator stop becomes a self-contained visual set piece. Curioso built character, room and prop references before generating the shots, then assembled the film in CapCut. The creator’s account describes repeated revisions to keep the tone warm and strange, with consistent voice descriptions and clear boundaries between each floor’s world.
Results
- Festival cash prize: US$10,000.
Case study source: Higgsfield / filmmaker project Source ↗
Awards
- Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026FreeformHonorable Mention
Credits
- Producer and director
- Marvin Curioso
- Project creator account
- @curious_media_2026