I just submitted The Last Waltz as an animated project proposal to the @dreamina_ai open call at the 66th @annecyfestival.
Thornfield Manor. April 15, 1948. Three hundred guests and a fortune in roses gather to witness the marriage of old money to older money. By eleven o'clock, the bride is dead. A mystery thriller told in pink noir with an unreliable narrator who guides the audience through a murder she helped set in motion.
The entire film is built from AI-native illustration: Midjourney v7 for the keyframes, Seedance 2.0 for the motion, ElevenLabs for the voice, Suno for the score. One filmmaker, one pipeline, one vision.
If it doesn't win, I finish it anyway — but Annecy would be a hell of a place to show what pink noir looks like in motion.
Wish me luck. And thank you @dreamina_ai for the opportunity.
Create with Dreamina Seedance 2.0. Dreamina launches a €40,000 prize pool to bring your work to Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Animation is one of humanity’s oldest ways of dreaming. With Dreamina Seedance 2.0, we continue to explore new possibilities for animated storytelling, and hope to bring more imagination to the world’s leading animation stage.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival — the only animation festival among global Category A international film festivals and widely known as the "Oscars of Animation" — marks its 66th year in 2026, placing AI on its key theme for the very first time.
The Dreamina AI International Animation Summit will be held on June 23, 2026 at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, launching a global open call for AI animated works and creative project proposals.
The event features a total prize pool of €40,000, with winning creators and selected works receiving sponsored flights and accommodation to attend Annecy in person, participate in screenings, and engage with the international animation industry.
Powered by Dreamina Seedance 2.0, and the new upcoming 「Octo」, Dreamina AI continues to explore new frontiers in animation filmmaking — and we hope to create the defining visual language of this era together with you.
For detailed information, please visit the official Dreamina AI website.
#DreaminaAI #DreaminaatAnnecy #DreaminaContest #DreaminaOcto #DreaminaSeedance2 #DreaminaOctoVibeCreate
Cinema Shift said Egg belongs in "the conversation we're building around narrative cinema, authorship, and AI-assisted filmmaking."
Official Selection. Harley couldn't be more proud.
Screening June 5, Toronto. Hungry, wondrous, weird felt meerkats, processing the unknown.
@brianjamesgage "You could go the traditional route and knock on doors for years waiting for approval to make your movie. Or, you could start tonight. You pick.”
That's a very compelling argument.
Any idea of the total spent on pre-visualization work as it relates to the overall budget?
I just submitted The Last Waltz as an animated project proposal to the @dreamina_ai open call at the 66th @annecyfestival.
Thornfield Manor. April 15, 1948. Three hundred guests and a fortune in roses gather to witness the marriage of old money to older money. By eleven o'clock, the bride is dead. A mystery thriller told in pink noir with an unreliable narrator who guides the audience through a murder she helped set in motion.
The entire film is built from AI-native illustration: Midjourney v7 for the keyframes, Seedance 2.0 for the motion, ElevenLabs for the voice, Suno for the score. One filmmaker, one pipeline, one vision.
If it doesn't win, I finish it anyway — but Annecy would be a hell of a place to show what pink noir looks like in motion.
Wish me luck. And thank you @dreamina_ai for the opportunity.
Create with Dreamina Seedance 2.0. Dreamina launches a €40,000 prize pool to bring your work to Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Animation is one of humanity’s oldest ways of dreaming. With Dreamina Seedance 2.0, we continue to explore new possibilities for animated storytelling, and hope to bring more imagination to the world’s leading animation stage.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival — the only animation festival among global Category A international film festivals and widely known as the "Oscars of Animation" — marks its 66th year in 2026, placing AI on its key theme for the very first time.
The Dreamina AI International Animation Summit will be held on June 23, 2026 at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, launching a global open call for AI animated works and creative project proposals.
The event features a total prize pool of €40,000, with winning creators and selected works receiving sponsored flights and accommodation to attend Annecy in person, participate in screenings, and engage with the international animation industry.
Powered by Dreamina Seedance 2.0, and the new upcoming 「Octo」, Dreamina AI continues to explore new frontiers in animation filmmaking — and we hope to create the defining visual language of this era together with you.
For detailed information, please visit the official Dreamina AI website.
#DreaminaAI #DreaminaatAnnecy #DreaminaContest #DreaminaOcto #DreaminaSeedance2 #DreaminaOctoVibeCreate
The best part of any movie is always the beginning.
It's where you feel all the hope and joy of what you're about to experience before it's crushed under a mountain of decisions you have to make.
May the muse be with you.
No one gets by on looks alone. I require all my actors to audition and Margo passed with flying colors.
Audition cue: Someone takes up two *parking spaces.
(* this movie is not about parking)
The Last Waltz