Critterz

Category

Short Film

Client

Native Foreign

Short film visuals generated by AI and Chad Nelson, that we then animated before Sora and other AI video assistants improved.

Credits

Executive Producer

Nik Kleverov

Lead Animators

Curtis Brown, Peter Pak

Director

Chad Nelson

Info.

To mark the first anniversary of OpenAI’s DALL·E, Native Foreign and director Chad Nelson created Critterz, the first animated short film entirely generated with AI visuals combined with traditional Hollywood production—animation, voice performance, music, and sound design. This bold experiment premiered at Annecy, Cannes Lions, and Tribeca, earning nods like a Producers Guild Innovation Award nomination.

https://variety.com/2025/film/global/paddington-in-peru-writers-ai-animated-film-critterz-1236328515/