AI-assisted Short Film | 00:05:48 | 2026

Global warming is causing polar glaciers to melt faster, and sea levels are rising year by year. A coastal city that's about to be submerged by seawater has had its government announce a full evacuation. Three years later, the tide floods the city, turning it into a forgotten island, with all past memories sinking beneath the sea.
When the world recedes, a pair of lovers once torn apart by fate dive back into their sunken hometown. In the ever-sinking deep sea, they finally learn how to let go of regrets and realize that love is humanity's last buoyancy.

Ziyan Zhang and Xinyue Rao are students majoring in Film Production at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications. Through their studies and participation in the 2026 AIGC Imaging Project at Chung-Ang University, Korea, they have continued to explore visual storytelling and emerging approaches to image-making.