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The Valley Where LOAB Lives

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The Valley Where LOAB Lives

The Valley Where LOAB Lives is an AI-generated work tracing the eerie emergence and transformation of a digital cryptid across six chapters — each echoing a defining era of horror cinema. From Nosferatu to Psycho, The Shining to Get Out, LOAB drifts through a kaleidoscopic labyrinth of genres, aesthetics, and shifting identities.

LOAB is not a fictional invention but a real internet myth: an AI-generated image born from a so-called negative prompt” — a digital phantom that, against its will, inscribed itself into our collective imagination.

Within this work, LOAB becomes a signal of disruption — both victim and threat, an error within the narrative system itself. Her final transformation unfolds inside the logic of Roko’s Basilisk: to know her is to become part of the algorithm that keeps her alive.

The Valley Where LOAB Lives is a ghost story written in code — hovering between horror cinema, essay film, and digital invocation.

Length

21 min

Country / Year

Austria / 2026

Language

English

Crew

PROMPTEUR & PRODUCER
Georg Tiller

Associate Producer

Maéva Ranaïvojaona

Editor

Barbara Bossuet

Sound Design

André Fèvre

Supported by

BMWKMS, MA7 Stadt Wien Kultur

Distributed by

Lemonade Films

Film Festivals

Berlinale Forum
Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Diagonale FF