The Valley where LOAB Lives

LOAB is a creature of generative AI. The product of an anti-prompt, it haunts – as both a glitch and a ghost – the worlds of human-machine-made horror. In The Valley Where LOAB Lives, Georg Tiller takes his film craft by the horns and creates a whole new brand of storytelling: the prompt. The prompt openly reveals its origins and the problems inherent within it: “Working with generative models means working within systems that are designed to obscure their own origins.” In this film, he has found an ingenious solution to this problem, linking LOAB’s generated probabilities with the monstrous improbabilities of the film genre. Observing with a winking eye. (Christiane Büchner)

Georg Tiller is an Austrian filmmaker, producer, and visual artist. His work spans experimental and narrative cinema, exploring cinematic forms within the intersection of history, politics, and identity. He studied with Harun Farocki, Michael Haneke, and Christian Berger. His films have been showcased at Berlinale, IFFR, Viennale, DokLeipzig, HotDocs, and FIDMarseille, and have received numerous awards. He is the founder of Subobscura Films, a production company based in Vienna and Paris.

Director Georg Tiller. Screenplay Georg Tiller. Editing Barbara Bossuet. Sound Design André Fèvre. Producer Georg Tiller. Executive Producer Georg Tiller. Production company Subobscura Films (Wien, Austria).

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Films: 2007: km 43.3 - Der transsylvanische Holzfall (documentary). 2008: The Tower of Birds (short documentary). 2010: Vargtimmen – after a scene by Ingmar Bergmann (short film). 2011: Persona Beach. 2014: DMD KIU LIDT (documentary, Berlinale Forum 2014). 2015: White Coal (documentary). 2016: Overnight Flies. 2020: Zaho Zay (documentary). 2024: Godsterminal. 2026: The Valley where LOAB Lives.