# Trashman Diary

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.” ([its page](https://artefact-ai-film-festival.com/), read 2026-11-12).

By Kai Lachmann, as [Artefact AI Film Festival](https://artefact-ai-film-festival.com/gallery) names them.

In an anonymous metropolis, a garbage collector goes about his physically demanding daily work with quiet dignity. He lives alone, in modest circumstances. A brief encounter with an upper-class woman reveals the distance between their worlds. Gradually, hints emerge of the wife who once shared his life, though her fate remains unknown. With an observational, documentary-inspired visual style, Trashman Diary follows a man who carries on with quiet resolve amid loneliness and memories.

Plays in YouTube's player, on YouTube, by the link its maker gave the festival: [watch it there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbQ_omzleC0).