Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
The independent film 'The Gifted' won the Future Vision XPRIZE, with a prize of 1 million USD and 2.5 million USD in film production funding. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who uses code to recreate his mother's voice to care for the community, standing out from 2500 global works. Google, through the 100 ZEROS program, partnered with Range Media Partners to support the film's release.
Earlier this year, we partnered with XPRIZE and Range Media Partners to launch the Future Vision XPRIZE, a global competition calling for films that envision a hopeful, technology-enabled future. Last week in Los Angeles, independent filmmaker Jeff Synthesized was named the grand prize winner for The Gifted.
Inspired by a deeply personal story, the film centers on an 11-year-old boy who recreates his late mother’s voice and essence out of love and code. What emerges across the town’s networks quietly cares for his entire community — reflecting the filmmaker’s belief that technology’s greatest promise lies in empathy and human connection.
Chosen from more than 2,500 entries worldwide, the solo-developed project receives $100,000 alongside $2.5 million in feature production funding. Through Google’s 100 ZEROS initiative, we are partnering with Range Media Partners to help bring this story to the big screen.
Source: Google AI Blog · blog.google