Thelen Creative

Retro-Fitted Media

Award-Winning Retro-driven AI Advertising / Promos / Trailers / Teasers & Experimental Film.

   Using cutting-edge AI to resurrect the golden age of media. From legacy brand to modern nostalgic throwback campaign, our custom work is a fusion of the past and the future – crafted for music, film, promos, and beyond!

MADE IN THE U.S.A.

Thelen Creative AI-Assisted Project Acknowledgements 

2026 
🤖 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Film with AI - Croatian One-Minute Film Festival - May, 2026
🛸 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Trailer - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival - May, 2026
🎬 Public Domain Day 2026 Internet Archive Remix Contest - Look Me In The (A)I - Participant 2026

2025
🏆 FINALIST Best Advertisement MAGICA Advertising Festival - BOLD Dealer Servies - November, 2025
🤖 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Experimental AI - AI Short Film Festival Larissa Lumina - The Man With No Face
🏆 WINNER Best AI Trailer for Film / TV - MAGICA Advertising Festival Paris - The Man With No Face - November, 2025
📺 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Animation - Zambia Short Film Festival - Vince's Halloween
📺 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Advertisement - Alibag Short Film Festival - BOLD Dealer Services
🏆 WINNER Best 1-Minute Short Film - Makizhmithran International Film Festival - Vince's Halloween 
🎞️ OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Content for Social Media - Int'l Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) - Breaking: Attack of the Qubits!
🎞 BEST EDITOR AWARD - Kodaikanal International Film Festival - The Man With No Face
🏆 WINNER Kodaikanal International Film Festival - News From The World AND The Man With No Face
🏆 WINNER Jersey Shore Film Festival - “Qwik Qlips” Best Promo Trailer - The Man With No Face
🏅OFFICIAL SELECTION Stockholm City Film Festival - BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - News From The World!
🏅 NOMINEE Best 1-Minute Film - Luleå Film Festival - Hero Guy!
🎬 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Trailer - White Rose International Film Festival - The Man With No Face
🏅 NOMINEE Best 1-Min. Short / Trailer - Couch Film Fest Summer 2025 - The Man With No Face
🏆 WINNER Best Trailer - Mokkho International Film Festival - The Man With No Face
🏅 NOMINEE Best Ultra Short Art Film - SUMMER 2025 Alternative Film Festival - Hero Guy!
🤖 Best AI-Assisted Animation - Pulse of Animation Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Man With No Face
🌟 Trenton Film Festival 2025 - Best Experimental OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Man With No Face
🌟 Best Experimental - Marin County Fair Int'l Festival of Film and Video - Day of the Dead
🎬 Best Trailer - PURGATORY FILM FESTIVAL - Official Selection - Ye Yeezy's Yizz 
🏅 Austin AI Film Festival – SEMI-FINALIST (Best Experimental) Back After This!
🌟 The Flight Deck Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION (Best Music) Ye Yeezy's Yizz
🌟 Europe Music Video Awards - OFFICIAL SELECTION (Best AI Edit Music Video) Sizzle Bitch
🏆 Dunwich Horror Fest – FINALIST (Best Micro Short Film) Sizzle Bitch
🏅 Alternative Film Festival – NOMINEE (Best Super Short Film) Sizzle Bitch
🏅 Couch Film Festival – NOMINEE (Short 1-5 Minute Film) Sizzle Bitch
🎬 Latino & Native American Film Festival – OFFICIAL SELECTION (Animation) Day of the Dead
🎶 DMO Film Festival – OFFICIAL SELECTION (Music Video) Ye Yeezy’s Yizz
📽 2025 Public Domain Day Film Festival – (Short Documentary) Silence to Sound
🌟 One Eyed Jacks - OFFICIAL SELECTION (Comedy Short Film) Sizzle Bitch 

2024
🏅 FINALIST Best Worst Animation Willlachen Comedy & Satire Filmprize- December, 2024 - Our Wars
🌟OFFICIAL SELECTION Drive-In Movie Fest - Best Shortest Movie - December 2024 - Day of the Dead
🏆 WINNER Best Parody Film WILDsound Festival for Trailers - April, 2024 - Our Wars
🏆 WINNER Best Web Series-  Direct Monthly Online Film Festival- Sept, 2024 - Back After This!

2023
🌟 OFFICIAL SELECTION Ravenwood Film Festival BEST SHORT FILM - OCTOBER, 2023 - Tale of The Tell Tale Heart
🏅 FINALIST Best Micro Film - The Strange Days Horror Fest - 2023 - Day of the Dead
🌟 OFFICIAL SELECTION Life Screenings One Minute Film Festival - 2023 - Day of the Dead
🏆 WINNER Best Commercial Gothamite Film Awards October, 2023 - Our Wars
🌟 OFFICIAL SELECTION Best Trailer Short To The Point Film Festival - November, 2023 - Our Wars

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META -  AI Video Annotator : “Mango” Image & Video Generator - 2026
GOOGLE Certified - 2026
  Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building
  Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner
  Writing Prompts Like a Pro
  Design For Everyday Work Tasks
CartesiaAI - AI Voice Trainer / Actor - 2026
Xai Academy - X Ad's Manager Fundamentals - 2026
Mastering Business AI Agents: Automate, Optimize, Grow - Eduonix Learning Solutions - 2025
A.I. Advertising: Commercial & Marketing - Curious Refuge Certification 2025
Runway ML Master Course - Udemy Certification 2025
Pro Tools - Oakland Recording Certification 2019
⎔ MidJourney / ChatGPT / Sora / Grok / Runway / Pika Labs / Eleven Labs / Gemini / Google AI Studio / SUNO / BandLab / eMastered / ProTools / FinalCut Pro

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Citizen Journalist Award Winner
2x Regional EMMY Winning Series Host
2x California Council For Promotion of History Award Recipient 

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Member: BMI / Recording Academy / Mechanical Licensing Collective / Sound Exchange