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Robert Gaudette won $50,000 with A Face Only a Mother Could Love

$50,000 film festival Grand Prix

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Robert GaudetteA Face Only a Mother Could Love

A Face Only a Mother Could Love is an eight-minute AI-generated short film about a lonely Parisian dancer.

Tools
Grok · Nano Banana · Seedance · ElevenLabs · Suno
Cost
$5,000 production budget
The Grand Prix went to Robert Gaudette's "A Face Only a Mother Could Love," with Dorian & Daniel's "The Well" taking Gold and Mathery's "Where Knights Fall" the Silver.

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The festival archive names the winner and lists the Grand Prix as $50,000 plus one million Runway credits.

Sources

Reported Jun 2026

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