Our AI-Powered Punisher Fan Film Shortlisted at Disrupt AI Film Festival

🎬 “Who’s Smiling Now?” — Our AI-Powered Punisher Fan Film Shortlisted at Disrupt AI Film Festival

We’re proud to announce that “Who’s Smiling Now?”, our dark and gritty Punisher fan film, has been officially shortlisted for the inaugural Disrupt AI Film Festival (DAIFF) — Australia’s first GenAI-focused film festival presented by TBWA\Australia and powered by Leonardo.Ai.

A brutal 9-minute descent into vengeance, stitched together with over 800 AI-generated images, 340+ video generations, and a whole lot of late-night obsession.

This project began as an experiment in cinematic storytelling using AI-powered workflows — but quickly became a passion-fueled tribute to one of Marvel’s darkest antiheroes. “Who’s Smiling Now?” reimagines The Punisher not as a symbol of justice, but as what crawls out when justice fails.

Full film is now on our YouTube channel @CreativeDNA_AI

🎥 Building a Fan Film with AI: No Easy Button Here

While AI tools powered much of the visual and audio generation, not a single shot made it straight from AI to final cut.

Every scene was hand-curated, layered, manipulated, or enhanced using traditional creative software — a true blend of man and machine. This wasn’t about pressing ‘generate’ — it was about crafting, editing, obsessing, and iterating.

🔧 The Tools Behind the Vision:

• Imagery: Midjourney, OpenArt, Photoshop, Seedream, Qwen, Flux

• Video Generation: Kling, Seadance, Wan, Hailuo

• Audio & Sound FX: Suno, Ableton Live, Envato, Ocular Sounds

• Voiceover: ElevenLabs, Kling, Hedra

• Editing & Enhancement: Final Cut Pro, Topaz Labs

• Prompt Development: ChatGPT, Gemini