Fully AI-generated Korean sci-fi feature 'Raphael' set for Nov 25 cinema release

What happened

The film runs 138 minutes. It was made by Mateo AI Studio and MBC C&I AI Content Lab.

Characters, backgrounds and large war scenes were generated with AI, without live-action filming.

The Korea Times reports that editing took 14 months, with the aim of keeping the characters consistent across the film.

'Raphael' follows 'Steelay', a 90-minute AI-generated action film that opened in Korean theatres in October 2026.

Why it matters for creators

Feature-length AI films show that character consistency across hundreds of shots is now the main craft challenge for AI filmmakers.

The 14-month edit is the telling detail. Generating individual shots is only part of the job. Keeping a character's face, costume and look the same across a two-hour story is where much of the work went.

For creators making series, short films or recurring characters, the lesson scales down: plan how a character will stay consistent before generating, rather than fixing it in the edit.