Don Quixote charges the windmills again, now animated by AI

Don Quixote charges the windmills again, now animated by AI Contanimation Films and Magnific Originals have premiered The Sorrowful Figure (La Triste Figura), an 11-minute AI-animated short that turns Don Quixote's windmill charge into comedy, adventure and epic action. 🎬 The short premiered yesterday, September 23, at Sala Equis in Madrid, directed by Guillermo Miranda and Javier de la Chica of Contanimation Films and produced with Magnific Originals. As of today, September 24, it is live online on the https://t.co/LWl99zVxRA and Contanimation channels. ⚔️ The core idea is simple but sharp: the giants appear exactly as Quixote sees them, staged as a full-blown epic action sequence. The comedy lives entirely in the gap between that vision and reality, with a look the team describes as painted 2.5D textures wrapped in a western and dark fantasy mood. ⚙️ The numbers behind it are worth pausing on. Around 1,200 generations inside Magnific were needed to land the final 120 shots, made by a 10-person team between July 1 and September 20. For video the team relied on Seedance 2.5, for characters and assets on Seedream 5 Pro, and everyone worked inside one shared Magnific project so b