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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Honored to have been nominated in five categories at the 2nd Escape.ai Awards: Pioneer 🚀 | World Builder 🌍 | Character 🎭 | Storyteller 🎬 | Master of Craft 🏆 Congratulations to all the nominees! The award show will be live-streamed on Friday MAR 13th 2026: escape.ai/event/awards...

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I'm very honored that my new AI film "Céremony" has won the SHARED TRACE category at the UnHuman Shorts Season II - for works of total art, where image, sound, and story fuse into a unified artistic statement, born from the creative partnership of human and AI." Thanks to the team and the jurors! 🙏

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

London Calling! "Céremony" has been nominated as one of the top six finalists for "Best AI Film" in the first edition of the Bionic Awards! Thank you to the jury and the entire festival team! ✨✨✨ Check out all the finalists here: bionicawards.com/live/en/page...

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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...

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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 😆)!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I can't even imagine how, but I'm happy it created something good in your life! 🤩

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

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!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

5/5: So if we like the idea these days of bringing things back to life—why not also resurrect a few of those films from that latent space? 😇

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

4/5: In AI terms, I think you would call it the "latent space of cinema"—that larger conceptual realm of films that could have been, or maybe still are, just not realized ... or not yet discovered.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

3/5: The ones abandoned early. Or that didn't make it past a script, an idea, or just a vague impulse. Or maybe even films that were never thought of in the first place. How would the history of cinema look with those films in the mix?

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

2/5: Whenever I watch a film or dive into the history of cinema, I can't help but wonder what other movies we might love and celebrate ... if they had ever been made. Many films that once existed are now lost. But I'm thinking of films that were never made at all.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

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.

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The Cinema That Never Was (2025) | 4K AI Video Essay

YouTube video by Particle Panic

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Voting is open for all Escape members until Feb 26, 11:59 PM PST. Winners revealed March 1st. Let’s celebrate the future of film.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"Unblind" was shot entirely in Kling V6.1 and is based on a feature film script I wrote with friends. Watch it in 4K here:

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Unblind (2024) | 4K AI Horror Short Film

YouTube video by Particle Panic

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks, I added the four parts of the series – it's surely the most ambitious of the projects! Good luck with the next chapters!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'd like to add: As much as I can be amazed by spectacular and mindblowing things that advanced AI image or video models sometimes create, I'm always always more amazed and mindblown by what spectacular, inspiring, weird, and deep things people create with them.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Pick your best or the one you like the most and post a link to a high-res version, and I'll be happy to take a look!

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I shot all the footage in "Wings" in the 48 hours of early access – and Luma's newly released Ray2 model was single-handedly responsible for creating all those cinematic shots. So I think this is for you, Ray2 and the Ray2 team! 🎉

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Quote: "Created with Luma's Ray2, "Wings" pits angels against Lovecraftian beasts in an incredibly cinematic and epic battle that will leave you in awe!"

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"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...

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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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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The music (#Suno) and voiceovers and sound effects (@elevenlabsio.bsky.social) here are temporary and meant to inspire a sense of drama and wonder during the creative process. 🔊 ON! The final film features a completely unique soundtrack.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I want to show the behind-the-scenes effort that goes into creating just a few seconds of final shots and the differences between the two video models I used – #Kling and #Minimax – each of which excelled in specific shots.

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

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.

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Dear Dad (2025) | Behind the Particle Panic Scenes | 4K AI Film

YouTube video by Particle Panic

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

"Wings" – shot entirely with Luma's new AI video model Ray2. Are you ready for Angels vs. Cthulhu?

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Wings (2025) | 4K AI Short Film

YouTube video by Particle Panic

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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.

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Dear Dad

YouTube video by Secret Level

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Particle Panic @particlepanic.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

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.

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