Sharing Industry Insight at FIT: Creative AI Workshop and Hackathon Jury Collaboration
Julio Soler Julio Soler

Sharing Industry Insight at FIT: Creative AI Workshop and Hackathon Jury Collaboration

Honored to participate in the FIT Age of Creative Intelligence Hackathon as both a jury member and guest lecturer. I had the chance to lead a two-part workshop — The New AI Creative Arsenal: From Prompt to Production — where we explored the latest breakthroughs in GenAI video, imaging, and synthetic production tools released over the last six months. The ingenuity and creative use of AI from the students was truly impressive, particularly how they pushed these emerging tools into storytelling, branding, interactivity, and thoughtful social impact concepts.

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Interview with the winning team at the Venice AI Film Awards 2025
Julio Soler Julio Soler

Interview with the winning team at the Venice AI Film Awards 2025

Interview by James Larkin with our winning team in the Best Advertising category at the Venice AI Film Awards 2025 (Jack Goldenberg, Eric David, and Julio B. Soler)

Huge thanks to James Larkin for the thoughtful conversation and for spotlighting the creative process and techniques behind our winning project. It was a pleasure discussing the journey with Jack Goldenberg and Eric David, from concept to delivery, and how we merged storytelling, production craft, and advanced AI tools to bring the vision to life.

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Interviewed by Ad World News
Julio Soler Julio Soler

Interviewed by Ad World News

Featured in Ad World News by Waymark!
I re
cently sat down with the team at Ad World News to discuss how Generative AI is accelerating advertising timelines, reshaping not only production speed but also creative strategy and storytelling for brands.

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AI Movie Night at the Ace Hotel Brooklyn
Julio Soler Julio Soler

AI Movie Night at the Ace Hotel Brooklyn

It was an honor to present my recent AI Film Award-winning ad for Reclaim Planet Earth, share my process, and walk through how I combined tools like Midjourney, Runway, Kling AI, and ElevenLabs to bring this animated PSA to life, from character design to voiceover to cinematic polish. The audience was sharp and curious, and the impressive work shared by fellow filmmakers was nothing short of inspiring (including Jidenna, Barney Miller, Bruno Lasevicius, Tiffani Lee, and others)

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Vault Electric wins big at the 2025 Seoul Int’l AI Film Festival 🏆
Julio Soler Julio Soler

Vault Electric wins big at the 2025 Seoul Int’l AI Film Festival 🏆

My AI brand film “Vault Electric: Charging Ahead” just won the Bronze Trophy in the AI Commercial Film Category at the 2025 Seoul International AI Film Festival 🏆 in Gangnam, Seoul.

Even more special, our second entry “YouCan the Toucan” received an Honorable Mention by the Jury. Two projects recognized in one festival! What an amazing validation of the work we’ve been pouring our hearts (and prompts) into.

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“YouCan the Toucan” Wins Best Ad at the Venice AI Film Awards

“YouCan the Toucan” Wins Best Ad at the Venice AI Film Awards

Our brand film “YouCan the Toucan,” the ad I directed and produced for Reclaim Planet Earth, has won the Advertising Category Award at the Venice AI Film Awards & AI Ads Awards!

This recognition is both hu
mbling and incredibly validating of the dedication to exploring what’s possible with emerging AI-driven workflows.

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