THE SUN THIEF | ДУЗДИ ОФТОБ
From Artefact AI Film Festival, on YouTube, by the link its maker gave the festival
AI-made Made with AI, as its festival says: “The 2026 edition of the Artefact AI Film Festival — an international competition for short films made with generative AI, organised by Artefact with mk2.” AI-made films · What this means · Its maker can have it taken off.
By Komiljon Safarov, as its festival's page names them. This site's record of that page; the title and description are as the page gives them.
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About this film
In a remote Tajik mountain village, winter sunlight never reaches the narrow streets below. Eleven-year-old Sino lives in the shadow of the mountains with his younger sister, who wonders whether the sun will ever reach their home.
Sino promises that he will bring it to her.
When he notices how a mirror can catch and redirect sunlight, a simple idea becomes a mission. What begins as a child’s promise leads Sino through the village, drawing attention, misunderstanding and pursuit, until his small act becomes something larger than he expected.
The Sun Thief is a story about a child trying to reconnect what nature has kept apart — light and shadow, hope and isolation, a promise and the person waiting for it.
The title, makers, description and prizes are as Artefact AI Film Festival's page gives them (read 2026-11-12); the film is its makers', played from its uploader's copy in YouTube's player, unchanged. The AI-made label, from its festival's own words, and which profiles see it are this site's own.