Today, our animated short film, “Dear Upstairs Neighbors,” previews at the Sundance Film Festival. The film will be showcased at the Sundance Institute’s Story Forum, a space focused on artist-first tools and technologies supporting visual storytelling.
“Dear Upstairs Neighbors” is the story of a young woman, Ada, who is desperate for a good night’s sleep but kept awake by her exceedingly noisy neighbors. As she struggles to imagine what could be causing the cacophony upstairs, reality drifts into fantasy, and an epic battle for peace and sanity ensues.
The film is a collaboration between animation veterans, including director and Pixar alum Connie He, and researchers at Google DeepMind, united by a shared goal of exploring how generative tools might fit in with artists’ creative processes.
