China's first AI hyper-realistic film Sanxingdui opens in the country's theaters this Friday.

Set thousands of years in the future, the story imagines a super-intelligent AI-run human society, where algorithms make all decisions – until a global crisis erupts.

The 100-minute film blends ancient Shu civilization from Sanxingdui Relic Site in today's southwest China with futuristic sci-fi.

Produced with AI-generated visuals over two years, this film still had its script and creative direction controlled by humans, with AI mainly handling image generation.

All characters are original digital creations, and Sanxingdui artifacts such as a standing figure in bronze and Bronze Sacred Tree will appear on the big screen in hyper-realistic detail.