Filmmakers
Filmmakers whose films were chosen to appear in the 2025 Seattle AI Film Festival.
Justin Suarez
USA
Justin Suarez is an award-winning traditional and AI filmmaker with over 15 years of experience in digital video production, specializing in branded content and entertainment that connects with audiences and drives results. Justin brings a versatile skill set across screenwriting, post-production, and creative strategy, with a focus on innovative marketing solutions that boost engagement and brand awareness. Bilingual in English and Spanish, he leverages a multicultural background to craft stories that resonate on a deeper level, delivering powerful and meaningful content across platforms.
Core Competencies: Original Content Development | Filmmaking | Producing | Directing | Editing | Brand Strategy | Screenwriting | Marketing & Communications | Public Relations | Talent Management | Ideation & Creative Strategy | Team Leadership | Training | Social Media Marketing & Management | Influencer Marketing | Healthcare Marketing | B2B & B2C Marketing | GenAI | Marketing Automation | Prompt Engineering | AI Filmmaking | AI Branded Entertainment & Content
Technical: FCPX | Adobe Creative Cloud | Avid | Microsoft Office | Google Suite | Keynote | Canva | Sprinklr | Sprout Social | Blender | Runway | Luma Dream Machine | Udio AI | ElevenLabs | Midjourney | DaVinci AI | MiniMax Hailuo | FCP X
Domains: Music Videos | Documentaries | Feature Length Films | Docuseries’ | Short Form/Long Form Content | Serial Content | Social Media Content | Paid Media & Ads | A.I. Content & Films | Branded Entertainment
Heartbeat
Welcome to Heartbeat, an intense and haunting 8-minute anime/animation adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale, The Tell-Tale Heart. This unique re-imagining brings Poe's dark classic to life in a way you've never seen before, using cutting-edge AI tools to craft each frame, sound, and scene. From visual design to soundscapes, Heartbeat immerses you in a mind unraveled by guilt and paranoia, reinterpreted through the vibrant lens of anime/animation.
In Heartbeat, experience the descent into madness of our narrator as he confronts the torment of his conscience, symbolized by the rhythmic, unrelenting heartbeat. The visual language of anime amplifies every feeling, capturing the grotesque beauty of Poe's vision through meticulously crafted AI-generated images and a spine-chilling score.