Last night, 80+ of you showed up to launch BC + AI Film Club at the Multimodal Media Lab, and holy hell, you brought the energy. Thank you. What started as "let's see if this works" turned into 2.5 hours of workflow sharing, tool demos, and the kind of creative cross-pollination that makes communities matter.

Luke Minaker 30-year animation veteran stood up and said the quiet part out loud: "I was doing cheap plastic gags with cheap plastic story to sell cheap plastic toys. That's not why I went to school." Then he showed us Tiny Ghost Studios' reel: one year of traditional work completed in 2-3 weeks. The 80/20 has flipped. It's now 80% creative, 20% grind. And when Daniella shared her hybrid animation pipeline, someone in the crowd immediately offered her a better one. That's the vibe. That's the mandate: every human in every loop.

Next month we're going deep on Sound & Audio in AI Film (February 12, same place, same time). Kevin Friel's breaking down his entire audio workflow—Pro Tools knowledge meets 11 Labs/Suno/Udio. Plus: we're launching the Toilet Paper Ad Contest. 20-30 seconds. Prompt: "Horde's Choice, Victory is Clean." Yes, really. Sign up here: https://luma.com/reel

If you're not already a BC + AI member, this is what grassroots AI community looks like: 250 members, monthly meetups across BC, special interest groups spinning up organically, and real humans building real things together. No gatekeeping. Just people writing the rules by showing up. Join here: https://bc-ai.ca/membership

See you February 12. Bring your workflows, your weird ideas, and your A-game audio chops.

— Kris & Kevin / BC AI Film Club