Particle Panic
@particlepanic.bsky.social
AI Filmmaker | Top 12 Shortlist $1,000,000 AI Film Award by 1BFS & Google Gemini with "Ceremony" | "The Cinema That Never Was" | CPP Kling, Runway, Hailuo, Nim | www.youtube.com/@particlepanic
At the GLOW International Film Festival, "Céremony" received the Special Jury Mention for "Best AI Film"! 😍 Thank you to the jury and the entire festival staff, led by Natasha Mayet! "Best AI Film" was Jonathan Perry's "Railbound," produced by Google Flow / @googlelabs.bsky.social. Congrats!
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
At the GLOW International Film Festival, "Céremony" received the Special Jury Mention for "Best AI Film"! 😍 Thank you to the jury and the entire festival staff, led by Natasha Mayet! "Best AI Film" was Jonathan Perry's "Railbound," produced by Google Flow / @googlelabs.bsky.social. Congrats!
For everyone interested in my new AI film "Céremony":
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Eddie Yoon asked me to share some of the ideas and thoughts behind the film. Thank you, Eddie, for championing the film! 🙏
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Eddie Yoon asked me to share some of the ideas and thoughts behind the film. Thank you, Eddie, for championing the film! 🙏
This AI-generated film is an extraordinary work of art.
There’s nothing quite like it right now.
Mark Wachholz is a rare outlier. Born and raised in Berlin, he has over twenty years of experience… |...
This AI-generated film is an extraordinary work of art.
There’s nothing quite like it right now.
Mark Wachholz is a rare outlier. Born and raised in Berlin, he has over twenty years of experience as...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:43 AM
For everyone interested in my new AI film "Céremony":
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Eddie Yoon asked me to share some of the ideas and thoughts behind the film. Thank you, Eddie, for championing the film! 🙏
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Eddie Yoon asked me to share some of the ideas and thoughts behind the film. Thank you, Eddie, for championing the film! 🙏
Deeply humbled to find my new AI film "Céremony" among the hand-picked selection of five films and filmmakers (out of 211 submissions from 44 countries) in the MIXED* hybrid film showcase that will take place in Portland on February 4, 2026. Tickets & Info: www.dbclay.com/mixed
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Deeply humbled to find my new AI film "Céremony" among the hand-picked selection of five films and filmmakers (out of 211 submissions from 44 countries) in the MIXED* hybrid film showcase that will take place in Portland on February 4, 2026. Tickets & Info: www.dbclay.com/mixed
Thank you #GLOWInternationalFilmFestival for nominating both "Céremony" and "The Cinema That Never Was" as "Best AI Film"! Honored and humbled! 🤩The festival will take place on January 29 and 30 at the Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel Rooftop in Cape Town, South Africa.
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Thank you #GLOWInternationalFilmFestival for nominating both "Céremony" and "The Cinema That Never Was" as "Best AI Film"! Honored and humbled! 🤩The festival will take place on January 29 and 30 at the Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel Rooftop in Cape Town, South Africa.
That's a stunner. My AI video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" has been selected as one of the 10 finalists of the Reply AI Film Festival, held during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival this September – out of 2,500 submissions from 67 countries. 😲 Thank you, jury! aiff.reply.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That's a stunner. My AI video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" has been selected as one of the 10 finalists of the Reply AI Film Festival, held during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival this September – out of 2,500 submissions from 67 countries. 😲 Thank you, jury! aiff.reply.com
Happy that two of my films have made the finalist cut at the Neu Wave Films+AI Film Festival 2025: the psychological horror short "Unblind" (2024) and the video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" (2025) 🤩 Exciting to be among such a stacked line-up of amazingly talented AI filmmakers: neuwavefest.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy that two of my films have made the finalist cut at the Neu Wave Films+AI Film Festival 2025: the psychological horror short "Unblind" (2024) and the video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" (2025) 🤩 Exciting to be among such a stacked line-up of amazingly talented AI filmmakers: neuwavefest.com
The MetaMorph AI Film Award team interviewed some of this year's finalists and winners. In my interview about my AI concept trailer "Copernicus", I talk about my approach to AI and filmmaking and the new ecosystem that emerges around AI filmmaking: metamorph-award.com/post/mark-wa...
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The MetaMorph AI Film Award team interviewed some of this year's finalists and winners. In my interview about my AI concept trailer "Copernicus", I talk about my approach to AI and filmmaking and the new ecosystem that emerges around AI filmmaking: metamorph-award.com/post/mark-wa...
Last month, my AI concept trailer "Copernicus" won second place in the "AI Trailer" category at the 2025 MetaMorph AI Film Award. Now I have received the actual award, my first-ever physical representation of an AI film award! It's so beautiful (and photogenic 😆)!
July 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Last month, my AI concept trailer "Copernicus" won second place in the "AI Trailer" category at the 2025 MetaMorph AI Film Award. Now I have received the actual award, my first-ever physical representation of an AI film award! It's so beautiful (and photogenic 😆)!
So honored that "The Cinema That Never Was" was recognized last weekend in the "Himalayas Edition" of the AI Film Awards at the Dhruma Film Festival 2025, a three-day festival at the UNESCO World Heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Station — just a stone’s throw from Mount Everest!
June 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So honored that "The Cinema That Never Was" was recognized last weekend in the "Himalayas Edition" of the AI Film Awards at the Dhruma Film Festival 2025, a three-day festival at the UNESCO World Heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Station — just a stone’s throw from Mount Everest!
Pure cinema. "The Cinema That Never Was" on the big screen at the Escape.ai screening at "AI on the Lot," the largest AI film conference! 🤩 Thanks, John Gaeta, for capturing this moment!
May 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Pure cinema. "The Cinema That Never Was" on the big screen at the Escape.ai screening at "AI on the Lot," the largest AI film conference! 🤩 Thanks, John Gaeta, for capturing this moment!
1/5: There's certainly a deeper connection between the power of cinema and the passion myth that Easter preserved—but the release of my video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" this weekend simply coincides with that.
The Cinema That Never Was (2025) | 4K AI Video Essay
YouTube video by Particle Panic
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April 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
1/5: There's certainly a deeper connection between the power of cinema and the passion myth that Easter preserved—but the release of my video essay "The Cinema That Never Was" this weekend simply coincides with that.
Cinema is my language, my mission, my craft. That's why these two nominations at the [ esc ] Awards 2025 mean so much to me. These categories beautifully capture what I strive for in my work. And standing among such visionary AI filmmakers and their mind-blowing films is truly inspiring.
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Cinema is my language, my mission, my craft. That's why these two nominations at the [ esc ] Awards 2025 mean so much to me. These categories beautifully capture what I strive for in my work. And standing among such visionary AI filmmakers and their mind-blowing films is truly inspiring.
Amazing! My horror short "Unblind" (2024) made it into the Top 25 Finalists in the "Narrative" category of the second season of the Project Odyssey AI Film Competition, out of 833 submissions in the "Narrative" category and 4,593 (!) submissions overall.
January 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Amazing! My horror short "Unblind" (2024) made it into the Top 25 Finalists in the "Narrative" category of the second season of the Project Odyssey AI Film Competition, out of 833 submissions in the "Narrative" category and 4,593 (!) submissions overall.
Super proud to see "Wings" (2025) placing as a Finalist in the second season of Project0dyssey AI Film Competition, catching an "Honorable Mention" in the "Narrative" category. "Wings" was entirely shot in Luma's new level-3 AI video model Ray2, using only text-to-video.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Super proud to see "Wings" (2025) placing as a Finalist in the second season of Project0dyssey AI Film Competition, catching an "Honorable Mention" in the "Narrative" category. "Wings" was entirely shot in Luma's new level-3 AI video model Ray2, using only text-to-video.
This: "To my fellow artists: embrace the unknown. Experiment, explore, and be curious." 💯
Great piece by Dave Clark on the power of AI to supercharge our visions and creative processes.
Great piece by Dave Clark on the power of AI to supercharge our visions and creative processes.
Sundance Reflections: Craft, Technology, and the Courage to Create
I’ve always loved the creative energy of the Sundance Film Festival. Returning from Park City, I’m reminded of how far I’ve come as a filmmaker—from walking those snowy streets years ago as a dreamer,...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This: "To my fellow artists: embrace the unknown. Experiment, explore, and be curious." 💯
Great piece by Dave Clark on the power of AI to supercharge our visions and creative processes.
Great piece by Dave Clark on the power of AI to supercharge our visions and creative processes.
"Wings" (2025) is now not only featured in the CuriousRefuge AI Film Gallery, but also received their special "Chester's Choice" award, which they give to their most favorite AI films: curiousrefuge.com/ai-film-gall...
Wings — Curious Refuge
Description: Paradise meets cosmic horror in this absolutely stunning AI short film by Mark Wachholz (@Particle Panic). Created with Luma's Ray2, "Wings" pits angels against Lovecraftian beasts in an ...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Wings" (2025) is now not only featured in the CuriousRefuge AI Film Gallery, but also received their special "Chester's Choice" award, which they give to their most favorite AI films: curiousrefuge.com/ai-film-gall...
Part III of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
Mark Wachholz on LinkedIn: We're not stopping. 💫 After collecting AI movies with "beautiful"… | 24 comments
We're not stopping. 💫 After collecting AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling in Part I (https://lnkd.in/gimH5CUt) and Part II (https://lnkd.in/g93nSp_2)… | 24 comments on LinkedIn
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January 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Part III of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
Part II of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
Mark Wachholz on LinkedIn: There are already so many AI movies that focus on storytelling, emotions… | 39 comments
There are already so many AI movies that focus on storytelling, emotions, and ideas that my first collection (https://lnkd.in/gnyWVpf6) reached the LinkedIn… | 39 comments on LinkedIn
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January 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Part II of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
Part I of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
Mark Wachholz on LinkedIn: Picking up on a discussion about how AI movies, like some I make, are… | 123 comments
Picking up on a discussion about how AI movies, like some I make, are often trailers or more focused on exploring the tools or creating a mood, I also pointed… | 123 comments on LinkedIn
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January 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Part I of my curated list of AI movies with "beautiful" storytelling. "Beautiful" in the sense that the storytelling deserves recognition and applause because it is heartfelt, exciting, funny, dark, complex, or just plain beautiful.
These are two of my extended shot collections created for "Dear Dad" (2025) by Jason Zada—the "Puppet River Rescue" and the "Expressionist Firemancer Apprentice Training." 😊 Both feature variations and experimental shots and are intentionally loosely edited to provide material for the final film.
Dear Dad (2025) | Behind the Particle Panic Scenes | 4K AI Film
YouTube video by Particle Panic
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January 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
These are two of my extended shot collections created for "Dear Dad" (2025) by Jason Zada—the "Puppet River Rescue" and the "Expressionist Firemancer Apprentice Training." 😊 Both feature variations and experimental shots and are intentionally loosely edited to provide material for the final film.
"Wings" – shot entirely with Luma's new AI video model Ray2. Are you ready for Angels vs. Cthulhu?
Wings (2025) | 4K AI Short Film
YouTube video by Particle Panic
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January 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Wings" – shot entirely with Luma's new AI video model Ray2. Are you ready for Angels vs. Cthulhu?
It was a blast working with such talented AI artists over the holidays on "Dear Dad," Secret Level's proof of concept that showcases the versatility of AI in animation. The movie premiered at the Digital Hollywood panel at CES 2025.
Dear Dad
YouTube video by Secret Level
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January 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It was a blast working with such talented AI artists over the holidays on "Dear Dad," Secret Level's proof of concept that showcases the versatility of AI in animation. The movie premiered at the Digital Hollywood panel at CES 2025.
Imagine AI advances so rapidly that in five years it’s better at everything we currently do—researching, problem-solving, imagining, creating. Now it’s sitting there with a blinking cursor, ready to ask us: "What do YOU want to create?"
Let's be ready to answer that call.
Let's be ready to answer that call.
January 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Imagine AI advances so rapidly that in five years it’s better at everything we currently do—researching, problem-solving, imagining, creating. Now it’s sitting there with a blinking cursor, ready to ask us: "What do YOU want to create?"
Let's be ready to answer that call.
Let's be ready to answer that call.
My AI filmmaking journey began a year ago with "Beauty Will Save the World," my submission to Runway's very first GEN:48 AI Film Competition in October 2023. The little film about a rainbow fox upending all the bad in the world even made it into the round of the 65 finalists. 🦊🌈
Beauty Will Save the World (2023) | 4K AI Short Film
YouTube video by Particle Panic
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November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
My AI filmmaking journey began a year ago with "Beauty Will Save the World," my submission to Runway's very first GEN:48 AI Film Competition in October 2023. The little film about a rainbow fox upending all the bad in the world even made it into the round of the 65 finalists. 🦊🌈