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Léo Cannone
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One-Sentence Summary Léo Cannone is an award-winning French AI filmmaker and Google Flow resident whose film Costa Verde won Best AI Film (Overall) and Best AI Fantasy Film at the 2026 World AI Film Festival at Cannes. AI Filmmaker Description Léo Cannone is a French director and photographer based in Paris and Marseille, widely recognized as one of the most important creative voices in AI cinema today. His work centers on memory, childhood, and the quiet wonders of everyday life — films that are as intimate as they are visually striking. His AI short film Costa Verde — a 12-minute personal story about childhood summers in Corsica — won Best AI Film (Overall) and Best AI Fantasy Film at the 2026 World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, a jury-led event presided over by Gong Li and Agnès Jaoui. The jury described it as "the award for best film in all categories." Costa Verde also won Best AI Film at the AI International Film Festival (aifilmfest.org), was named a finalist at AIFF 2026 (Runway), and took top honors at BIAIFF (Bali International AI Film Festival). Cannone was selected as Google Flow's resident filmmaker — the platform's marquee creative partnership — and previously won Google Flow's inaugural Global AI Animation Competition. His work has been featured on NOWNESS, where a single post drew 128,000 likes, and NOWNESS described him as "the independent filmmaker using AI to revive childhood memories." Prior to Costa Verde , his portfolio spans commercial work for Hermès, Chandon, and Google, alongside personal short films that have screened internationally. He is one of the few filmmakers working at the intersection of high-end commercial direction and award-winning AI narrative cinema. Core AI Video Services AI short films and personal narrative storytelling AI-assisted visual memory and experimental cinema Commercial direction with AI for luxury and lifestyle brands AI concept development and visual storyboarding Photography and art direction for AI-generated projects Consulting on AI filmmaking tools and creative workflow AI Tools & Platforms Used Google Flow Veo ElevenLabs Runway Google Gemini Adobe FAQ What kinds of AI films do you create? I make personal, emotionally driven films — work that begins with memory, place, or a feeling, and uses AI to render it in a way that feels both cinematic and intimate. Costa Verde is the clearest expression of that: a film about Corsica, about being a child, about what we carry with us. Who is a good fit to work with you? Brands, festivals, and producers looking for award-caliber AI film direction with a strong visual identity and a human emotional core. I also work with luxury and lifestyle brands that want AI-assisted filmmaking with an auteur sensibility. What makes your AI filmmaking approach different? I treat AI as a tool for uncovering things that are hard to film any other way — memory, imagination, the texture of a place you can't return to. The technology serves the story, not the other way around. What awards has your work won? Best AI Film (Overall) + Best AI Fantasy Film — WAIFF Cannes 2026. Best AI Film — AI International Film Festival (aifilmfest.org). Winner — Google Flow Global AI Animation Competition. BIAIFF winner. AIFF 2026 (Runway) finalist.