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Two Cannes Lions for L'Ultimo Uomo Reale

L'Ultimo Uomo Reale — the film we directed for The RealReal with Team One — was selected four times at Cannes Lions 2026, and took home a Silver in Consumer Goods within the main Film category, and a Bronze in AI Craft.
A film about authenticity, made with the tool everyone's worried about.

Finally, AI Used for Something That Matters.

The industry races to make AI cheaper. We pointed it at something that counts. 3347 — Sebastian Strasser's film for animal-rights org GAIA — follows Mimi, a dairy cow, after her calf is taken. 15% real, 85% generated, no seam.
Cows can't leave the system. But you can.

A supermodel becomes a Pop Star

We ran the digital production on Cara Delevingne's debut music film I Forgot / Out of My Head — the launch of her recording career. Directed by Emmy winner Jessica Lee Gagné, co-produced with BJ Burton, in collaboration with Reset.

Sleek Magazine

Oscar winner Brady Corbet and Cannes Lions veteran Sebastian Strasser meet to talk AI, authorship, and the future of cinema — agreeing that tech won’t replace vision, only expose who never had one.
Strasser: “AI might know the word ‘cinematic’. But it has no idea how to give you goosebumps.”

Sebastian Strasser in an interview with HORIZONT

About the partnership with RESET, the expanded director roster – and why Lipstick is like a hybrid Formula 1 engine for the future of film.
Strasser: “Those who are afraid of AI probably also feared Photoshop. Or electric toothbrushes.”

What's next Agency

In the new #WhatsNextCreatives, Sebastian Strasser takes aim at today’s ad industry: brands that forgot how to dream, agencies chasing trends instead of making them. He argues AI won’t kill creativity — it might just force it back to life.

Lipstick X Henry Collab

Paris was the ignition point — Lipstick joining forces with HENRY to unleash a new AI roster and ignite a new era of filmmaking.
Strasser: “When high-end craft meets AI firepower, the whole industry shifts gears.”

culture next

Sebastian Strasser on Artificial Creativity — the moment when theory turns into reality. With Vodafone’s fully AI-generated campaign Rhythm of Life as backdrop, he asks:
What’s left of a director’s hand when every frame is machine-made? And what happens when human vision meets synthetic imagination?

Ciclope Talks

What happens when a commercial is made with zero real pixels? Strasser and Lipstick just did it:
Vodafone’s Rhythm of Life — the world’s first fully AI-created spot. Every face, set, and camera move was generated, not shot.

Lipstick X Magna

Berlin. Paris. Now London. Lipstick and Magna Studios join forces — merging world-class craft with AI innovation.
A new powerhouse emerges in the UK, where filmmaking evolves from creation to reinvention.