The Tortoise and the Hare.
A dark-fantasy retelling sends a rabbit expedition into a forbidden tomb to search for the Golden Tortoise.
- Brand
- Independent film
- Market
- Global
- Region
- Global
- Year
- 2026
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The challenge
Rework a familiar fable as a mystery while keeping its characters and environments coherent across generated shots. The creator’s brief identifies early clues and visual continuity as central production concerns.
The idea
Armed rabbits venture into monumental underground spaces, where confidence in their knowledge of an old enemy becomes dangerous. Gold light, deep shadows and carrot-based weapons create a contrast between the characters’ appearance and the threatening setting. Benhamin developed the concept, screenplay, character design, generated footage, direction, edit and grade as a solo project.
Results
- Festival cash prize: US$100,000.
Case study source: Higgsfield / filmmaker project Source ↗
Awards
- Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026FreeformAudience Choice
Credits
- Creator, writer, director and editor
- Dae Hyeong Kang (benhamin)
- Character design, video generation and colour grading
- benhamin
- Project creator account
- @benhamin