Are you ready for the Oscars? We tend to get pretty excited this time of year, and we can’t wait to watch the thrills and frills as movie-making’s highest honors play out this weekend. In the meantime, don’t forget that our star-packed Celebz collection has its own Academy Awards setup and tuxed-up actors. For fanatics, these assets are perfect for doing things like out-of-the-box Oscar viewing invites. Otherwise, you can always pay homage or turn the tables on some of your favorite celebrities. This promo for last year’s Golden Globes is a great... Read more »

Fresh off the announcement of the winners in our recent Film Festival presented by Bing, we had a chance to ask Thomas Bonnett a few questions about his strategy for creating the best overall movie, which nabbed him some recognition at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, an Xtranormal actor made in his likeness, and of course some cold, hard cash: Xtranormal:  You chose the Action genre for your movie rather than Romance or Horror. Any particular reason why? Thomas Bonnett: I nearly chose the Romance category. The theme of the contest (decisions) resonated with me in... Read more »

Last week, the winner of our recent film fest presented by Bing was announced at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Congratulations to Thomas in Minnesota for winning the Overall and Action genre category with “The Adventures of Decision Man” The Horror Genre was won by “A Killer Decision” And top honors for the Romance category went to “Rainbow Bear has a Frowny” The winner of each category took home $2500, with Thomas receiving an additional $5000 for the overall win plus the option to get his likeness made into a new Xtranormal... Read more »

We’re really excited to announce that Xtranormal was recognized at the Tribeca Film Festival Disruptive Innovation Awards this week in New York! Our own Sylvio Drouin and Bruno Langlais were on hand to receive the Maslow’s Silver Hammer award, which was actually printed on site by “disruptively-innovative 3D printers” for the ceremony and given to Xtranormal for its role in pioneering text-to-movie animation technology. Honorees in attendance included Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia) and Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman of Google). Check out the... Read more »

Ever heard of the Sam Adams Alliance ? Well every year they award ‘The Sammies“  during  a ceremony that does not reward the best beer, nor the best historical figure look alike… The Sammies “celebrates ordinary Americans who take extraordinary steps to advance USA freedoms”. Omid Malekan, who created the viral video “Quantitative Easing Explained” is a finalist under the category “Rookie of the Year” for making a video on Xtranormal “which distills complex, jargon-laden economics into a simple, humorous... Read more »