Sanxingdui: Future Past becomes China's first licensed all-AI feature film

Sanxingdui: Future Past, a 100-minute film made entirely with an AI-driven workflow, opened in Chinese cinemas on October 23 and became the first feature of its kind to receive a public screening license from China's National Film Administration. Bona Film Group produced it on its Boka Film Cloud Studio platform, generating over 1.2 million base images and more than a hundred full-film iterations over two years.

• First fully AI-produced feature film to get a public screening license in China
• Over 1.2 million base images and more than 100 full-film iterations in two years
• About 100 people and 17 specialist roles worked on the production
• Opening turnout was modest, with low occupancy reported in the first days