Just Back from Warsaw Glitch: AI Film, Friends and a New Kind of Montmartre
I was just in Warsaw for Warsaw Glitch, and I’m still processing it. Warsaw Glitch is an international festival of film and animation made with AI. It was three days, 28–30 August, with four rooms running at once: screenings, panels, awards, a gala, and a lot of conversations in hallways and hotel lobbies. Krzysztof Zanussi […]
Reimagining Ancient Knossos Through AI and Historical Reconstruction
What might the ancient world have looked like when it was still alive? A recent visit to the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete sparked a small experiment in AI filmmaking, historical reconstruction and visual storytelling. Using our own photographs of the archaeological ruins, ancient artefacts and a scale model of […]
A New Chapter in Responsible AI Filmmaking
Our collaboration with Acasting continues, this time bringing a summer barbecue to life through licensed digital twins. The commercial features digital likenesses of real people who retain control over how they are represented, approve each use, and receive compensation. Through Acasting’s licensing platform, consent, ownership and fair compensation become an integral part of the production […]
KAIROS on Escape: Our AI Animated Short in the Neo Cinema Spotlight
Why Escape AI matters to us Escape is a streaming platform for what founder John Gaeta calls Neo Cinema. That means short films, series and animation made with generative AI next to traditional filmmaking craft. Gaeta is the Oscar-winning visual effects designer behind The Matrix and its bullet time. He prefers “Neo Cinema” to “AI […]
KAIROS — The Strange Familiarity of a First Encounter
Ideas often begin with a question we can’t quite shake. For our new short film, KAIROS, it began with a small, almost imperceptible moment: meeting someone for the first time, yet feeling as though you’ve known them forever. Where does that familiarity come from? Is it memory, intuition, or something we have yet to understand? […]
Awarehouse in Los Angeles at AI on The Lot
Last week, we left the studio. Three days at AI on The Lot, hosted at Amazon MGM Studios in Culver City, it turned out to be one of those rare experiences that quietly shifts something… WATCH THE JOURNEY For the first time, we got to meet in person so many of the people we’ve only […]
Our team featured in Resumé as Digital Twins take center stage!
The Awarehouse Studio is proud to have led the technical production for the new Smakis campaign, recently featured in Resumé. By utilizing licensed digital twins, we are redefining the production landscape. This project, produced by our team, shows how we can combine real-world talent with advanced digital technology to create something truly unique. We are […]
Pre-Production is Underway for our next Original!
It has been over a year since we released our last in-house short film, H3O2. Since then, we have been incredibly blessed to collaborate on dramas for the national streaming service and create campaigns for amazing brands. But amid all the commercial and commissioned work, there has always been a quiet whisper in the middle […]
Imagination Inside Runway’s Big Ad Contest
Every creative’s dream is a brief with absolute freedom, no client revisions, no budget restrictions on locations, and no producers telling you an idea is “too out there.” Recently, Runway ML made that dream a reality with the launch of their Big Ad Contest For Products That Don’t Exist. The premise is brilliant: creators are […]
Pioneering Ethical AI: The Nordic’s First Licensed Digital Twin Commercial
We are absolutely thrilled to share a groundbreaking milestone we recently collaborated on: the Nordic’s very first commercial featuring licensed Digital Twins! Together with Smakis, Acasting, and Stenmark Casting, we helped bring a new campaign to life for the new drink “Smakis”, going from the initial brief to the final cut in just five days. While […]