FIRST DATE

FIRST DATE is a 5-minute-29-second AI short film written and directed by Rahul Paul, who also did the sound design, released under his channel Raul P. Films. It is a drama and romance short, uploaded to YouTube on 9 October 2026 under the title "FIRST DATE | An AI Short Film (2026) | #TopviewSSFF", with English and Japanese subtitles included.

The video description states it was made with Topview AI and created for the Topview AI Film Screening open call, organised by Topview in collaboration with SSFF & ASIA 2026. The credits list Seedance 2.5 and Seedance 2.0 for video generation, GPT Image 2.5 and Seedream 5.0 Pro for image generation, and Topview AI as the creation platform. The music is credited to Dem S8 and described as AI-generated, and the lead, Lucía, is described as a fictional AI-generated character.

Paul shares his work on Instagram as @_dem_s8, a profile that mentions Topview AI among its collaborations, and has posted a clip of the film there that showed 1,443 likes and 239 comments when read on 11 October 2026. His channel carries other AI shorts such as Strangers and Good Morning.

The film had about 1,700 views on YouTube two days after release (1,742 on 11 October 2026). Comments under the upload and the Instagram clip that were readable on 12 October 2026 were warm, praising the calm, small-scale story, though only eleven could be read. No awards or press coverage were found.