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In conversation with Erick Sommerfeld and the Building on the Edge team, reflecting on architecture shaped by extreme environments and the realities of building at the limits of climate and terrain. Recorded during ADFF, this moment offers a closer look at the film’s exploration of resilience, innovation, and the human stories behind working in some of the world’s most challenging conditions. A reminder that at the edge — where constraints are greatest — architecture becomes both necessity and experiment. If you missed the film at previous ADFF screenings, you’ll have another chance to experience Building on the Edge at upcoming festival screenings. A special screening of Building On The Edge will be held at the LIXIL Water Experience Center on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:30 pm. Stay tuned for more from ADFF Offstage — conversations beyond the screen.

New AI tools we're experimenting with. Fun in the same way eating junk food is.

No One Playing with some newer tools which let you use reference footage and restyle it with AI. So th base for this is actual footage used for action and camera fr...

Super excited to head up Breck Film Fest to rep our short film Frozen Dead Guy Days this weekend. Stoked to see some new films and talk shop!

Some cool updates on our film Frozen Dead Guy Days:

We recently found out we are an award winner at the International Tourism Film Festival Africa!

We are semi-finalist in a bunch of other festivals here and internationally and official selections in a few more that have not happened yet, most recently the Breckenridge Film Festival and the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience. Breck Film Albuquerque Film & Music Experience

Seeing what's possible with Text to Image to Video Generative AI.

Image to Video AI Generation Experiment #1 - Using DALLE, Adobe Firefly, and Runway Getting familiar with video generation with Runway Gen 2 Image to Video. Generated initial image with DALLE and expanded with generative expand using Firefly...

Explorations in AI: At Pixel Mill Studios we are fascinated and impressed with the latest innovation in AI image and video generation. So I've been playing with some of the more user friendly and accessible tools to see if this tech can currently be useful in my work,

Example #1 - Runway AI: I needed a shot for a small project was doing and looked around various stock footage sights to see if I could find something close. Nothing really matched my vision for the shot so I thought I would try AI to see if the hype is currently warranted.

My approach was to first make an image that was close to the compositions and tone that I wanted. Here is the prompt:

"A beautiful woman with light brown skin angrily yelling at her boyfriend as she slam a bedroom door closed. The view is from the boyfriend following her down the hall."

Dalle would not even make an image best I can tell it flagged this as possible domestic violence. I decided to try a tool I haven't used, Runway AI, which does text to image or video!

After several iteration it gave an image really close to what I had in my head. Starting with that I tried to generate a video from it with. a similar prompt but also describing the camera moment as handheld and from a first person point of view. The result were not great.

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New Documentary Dives into the Lore Behind Frozen Dead Guy Days Between possible celebrity sightings and screenings of internationally renowned films, be sure to catch "Frozen Dead Guy Days" at the Boulder International Film Festival.