Midnight in Jerusalem I AI Short Animated Film

Description: This AI-generated short film by Rachel Zaitsev, screened in competition at the Jerusalem Film Festival, imagines the Old City of Jerusalem as a fog-shrouded, stop-motion-style fantasy realm beneath an oversized full moon. The visual style leans into a handcrafted, Tim Burton-esque puppet aesthetic with warm lantern light against cold moonlit stone, treating the ancient city itself as a character caught between wonder and melancholy.