Werner Herzog Announces First Ever Animated Feature The Twilight World in Partnership with Psyop and Sun Creature
Werner Herzog has confirmed he is working on an animated feature adaptation of his 2021 novel The Twilight World about real-life Japanese solider Hiroo Onoda who refused to surrender for some 30 years after the end of WW2.
The Twilight World is a French-German co-production between Psyop (Germany, US), and Sun Creature Studios (France, Denmark).
[ Herzog ] “It wasn’t until the producers at Psyop approached me about adapting Onoda’s story into an animated film that I realized the potential that animation had to tell this story in a truly compelling and imaginative way. I am very much looking forward to the challenge of working in what is for me, a totally new medium.”
The film is being produced by Psyop’s Amanda Miller and Andrew Linsk.
We don’t just serve up finished products with our signature flavor — we infuse it into every step of the process, from the harvesting of ideas through to the final. That distinctive spice isn’t just for the audience; our artists savor it too as they cook.
Our creative ecosystem is the first ingredient in our recipe, blending their talent with the rich mix of cultural inspiration we cultivate always delivers something fresh. To give you a taste of this process, we’ve asked director duo Vallée Duhamel to weigh in:
Psyop’s special sauce is the combination of artistic sensibility and problem-solving ingenuity that runs through every collaboration. Everyone we’ve worked with at Psyop approaches projects with a deep creative instinct, making every challenge an opportunity for innovation rather than limitation. This was especially evident in our most recent experience with the global Coach campaign. It was an intensive production involving so many moving parts. From Executive Producer Andrea Panda to VFX Supervisor Fred Ross, every challenge was met with creative problem-solving, ensuring that artistry remained at the core of every decision. It’s this balance—between ambition and adaptability, between vision and execution—that truly sets Psyop apart.
For us, constant exploration is essential because creativity thrives on curiosity. It’s about never settling into a routine, we’re always pushing beyond what’s familiar, and allowing unexpected ideas to emerge. Since the day we met and started to collaborate, we’ve always looked at the most mundane life situation and tried to imagine an altered version of it that’s more fun, more interesting. We have what we call our "visual memo book" where we like to just shoot initial ideas about how an everyday situation can be more exciting by letting go of the established rules, like gravity , or just by using objects for something they were not designed for and changing their context. This allows us to see the world like it’s this big playground for ideas that are just there waiting to emerge.
Since our beginning, we’ve always seen our work as an open-ended conversation with the world—half planned, half discovered. We like to build our own portals (often quite literally!), using film, and physical installations to create spaces where imagination can drift between the surreal and the tangible. Fragments of Nowhere, our latest ongoing project, is a prime example—an evolving dreamscape where art isn’t just something to be observed, but something that shifts, breathes, and is continuously evolving. By blending physical sculptures with digital storytelling, we’ve created an ecosystem that mirrors the way we see the world: constantly in motion, constantly questioning what’s real, and also embracing what’s not.
When thinking about 2025, our aim is to push further into the idea of art as a living experience. We want to keep designing projects where technology and reality blur, where digital elements aren’t just tools but characters in the narrative. We want to lean into creating surreal, AI-driven storytelling that doesn’t just replicate reality but reinvents it, challenging perception of what’s real and what’s not. We want to create experiences and opportunities to expand the guideline of traditional media production. More than just keeping up with the changes in media production, we want to actively participate in shaping its future—not simply follow along.
The Paradiso Festival, set in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico, is not just an event - it serves as a retreat for creators to go beyond the ordinary. It's a gathering built for makers, artists, and visionaries who thrive on sharing, learning, and pushing creative boundaries. Attendees immerse themselves in an inspiring 5-day retreat with a meticulously crafted lineup designed to spark modern creativity - Vallée Duhamel perfectly fit that bill.
Vallée Duhamel's FRAGMENTS OF NOWHERE exhibition at Paradiso Fest 2025 showcases what creativity looks like when rules don't apply. The full installation, which is currently on view, spins the narrative of an unknown world slowly becoming unveiled:
"Reality does not hold still. It shifts, distorts, rewrites itself in ways we rarely notice. Fragments of Nowhere is not a fixed space but a shifting field where perception breaks apart, meaning is unstable, and what is seen is only a trace of what moves beneath.
The exhibition maps disruptions at the edges, flickering, dissolving, resisting definition. Entities slip between places, between moments, between versions of themselves. Not remnants, not ruins, but forces in motion. Forms that never settle, spaces that resist resolution.
These presences don’t ask permission. They don’t belong to one place, one time, or one dimension. They surface as echoes, as reflections, as presences caught between realities, never resolving into a single truth.
Here, nothing is fixed. Meaning drifts. What is seen is only a momentary state of something still unfolding."
We don’t just serve up finished products with our signature flavor — we infuse it into every step of the process, from the harvesting of ideas through to the final. That distinctive spice isn’t just for the audience; our artists savor it too as they cook.
Our creative ecosystem is the first ingredient in our recipe, blending their talent with the rich mix of cultural inspiration we cultivate always delivers something fresh. To give you a taste of this process, we’ve asked director duo Vallée Duhamel to weigh in:
Psyop’s special sauce is the combination of artistic sensibility and problem-solving ingenuity that runs through every collaboration. Everyone we’ve worked with at Psyop approaches projects with a deep creative instinct, making every challenge an opportunity for innovation rather than limitation. This was especially evident in our most recent experience with the global Coach campaign. It was an intensive production involving so many moving parts. From EP Andrea Panda to VFX Supervisor Fred Ross, every challenge was met with creative problem-solving, ensuring that artistry remained at the core of every decision. It’s this balance—between ambition and adaptability, between vision and execution—that truly sets Psyop apart.
For us, constant exploration is essential because creativity thrives on curiosity. It’s about never settling into a routine, we’re always pushing beyond what’s familiar, and allowing unexpected ideas to emerge. Since the day we met and started to collaborate, we’ve always looked at the most mundane life situation and tried to imagine an altered version of it that’s more fun, more interesting. We have what we call our "visual memo book" where we like to just shoot initial ideas about how an everyday situation can be more exciting by letting go of the established rules, like gravity , or just by using objects for something they were not designed for and changing their context. This allows us to see the world like it’s this big playground for ideas that are just there waiting to emerge.
Since our beginning, we’ve always seen our work as an open-ended conversation with the world—half planned, half discovered. We like to build our own portals (often quite literally!), using film, and physical installations to create spaces where imagination can drift between the surreal and the tangible. Fragments of Nowhere, our latest ongoing project, is a prime example—an evolving dreamscape where art isn’t just something to be observed, but something that shifts, breathes, and is continuously evolving. By blending physical sculptures with digital storytelling, we’ve created an ecosystem that mirrors the way we see the world: constantly in motion, constantly questioning what’s real, and also embracing what’s not.
When thinking about 2025, our aim is to push further into the idea of art as a living experience. We want to keep designing projects where technology and reality blur, where digital elements aren’t just tools but characters in the narrative. We want to lean into creating surreal, AI-driven storytelling that doesn’t just replicate reality but reinvents it, challenging perception of what’s real and what’s not. We want to create experiences and opportunities to expand the guideline of traditional media production. More than just keeping up with the changes in media production, we want to actively participate in shaping its future—not simply follow along.
The Paradiso Festival, set in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico, is not just an event - it serves as a retreat for creators to go beyond the ordinary. It's a gathering built for makers, artists, and visionaries who thrive on sharing, learning, and pushing creative boundaries. Attendees immerse themselves in an inspiring 5-day retreat with a meticulously crafted lineup designed to spark modern creativity - Vallée Duhamel perfectly fit that bill.
Vallée Duhamel's FRAGMENTS OF NOWHERE exhibition at Paradiso Fest 2025 showcases what creativity looks like when rules don't apply. The full installation, which is currently on view, spins the narrative of an unknown world slowly becoming unveiled:
"Reality does not hold still. It shifts, distorts, rewrites itself in ways we rarely notice. Fragments of Nowhere is not a fixed space but a shifting field where perception breaks apart, meaning is unstable, and what is seen is only a trace of what moves beneath.
The exhibition maps disruptions at the edges, flickering, dissolving, resisting definition. Entities slip between places, between moments, between versions of themselves. Not remnants, not ruins, but forces in motion. Forms that never settle, spaces that resist resolution.
These presences don’t ask permission. They don’t belong to one place, one time, or one dimension. They surface as echoes, as reflections, as presences caught between realities, never resolving into a single truth.
Here, nothing is fixed. Meaning drifts. What is seen is only a momentary state of something still unfolding."
We don’t just serve up finished products with our signature flavor — we infuse it into every step of the process, from the harvesting of ideas through to the final. That distinctive spice isn’t just for the audience; our artists savor it too as they cook.
Our creative ecosystem is the first ingredient in our recipe, blending their talent with the rich mix of cultural inspiration we cultivate always delivers something fresh. To give you a taste of this process, we’ve asked director duo Vallée Duhamel to weigh in:
Psyop’s special sauce is the combination of artistic sensibility and problem-solving ingenuity that runs through every collaboration. Everyone we’ve worked with at Psyop approaches projects with a deep creative instinct, making every challenge an opportunity for innovation rather than limitation. This was especially evident in our most recent experience with the global Coach campaign. It was an intensive production involving so many moving parts. From EP Andrea Panda to VFX Supervisor Fred Ross, every challenge was met with creative problem-solving, ensuring that artistry remained at the core of every decision. It’s this balance—between ambition and adaptability, between vision and execution—that truly sets Psyop apart.
For us, constant exploration is essential because creativity thrives on curiosity. It’s about never settling into a routine, we’re always pushing beyond what’s familiar, and allowing unexpected ideas to emerge. Since the day we met and started to collaborate, we’ve always looked at the most mundane life situation and tried to imagine an altered version of it that’s more fun, more interesting. We have what we call our "visual memo book" where we like to just shoot initial ideas about how an everyday situation can be more exciting by letting go of the established rules, like gravity , or just by using objects for something they were not designed for and changing their context. This allows us to see the world like it’s this big playground for ideas that are just there waiting to emerge.
Since our beginning, we’ve always seen our work as an open-ended conversation with the world—half planned, half discovered. We like to build our own portals (often quite literally!), using film, and physical installations to create spaces where imagination can drift between the surreal and the tangible. Fragments of Nowhere, our latest ongoing project, is a prime example—an evolving dreamscape where art isn’t just something to be observed, but something that shifts, breathes, and is continuously evolving. By blending physical sculptures with digital storytelling, we’ve created an ecosystem that mirrors the way we see the world: constantly in motion, constantly questioning what’s real, and also embracing what’s not.
When thinking about 2025, our aim is to push further into the idea of art as a living experience. We want to keep designing projects where technology and reality blur, where digital elements aren’t just tools but characters in the narrative. We want to lean into creating surreal, AI-driven storytelling that doesn’t just replicate reality but reinvents it, challenging perception of what’s real and what’s not. We want to create experiences and opportunities to expand the guideline of traditional media production. More than just keeping up with the changes in media production, we want to actively participate in shaping its future—not simply follow along.
The Paradiso Festival, set in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico, is not just an event - it serves as a retreat for creators to go beyond the ordinary. It's a gathering built for makers, artists, and visionaries who thrive on sharing, learning, and pushing creative boundaries. Attendees immerse themselves in an inspiring 5-day retreat with a meticulously crafted lineup designed to spark modern creativity - Vallée Duhamel perfectly fit that bill.
Vallée Duhamel's FRAGMENTS OF NOWHERE exhibition at Paradiso Fest 2025 showcases what creativity looks like when rules don't apply. The full installation, which is currently on view, spins the narrative of an unknown world slowly becoming unveiled:
"Reality does not hold still. It shifts, distorts, rewrites itself in ways we rarely notice. Fragments of Nowhere is not a fixed space but a shifting field where perception breaks apart, meaning is unstable, and what is seen is only a trace of what moves beneath.
The exhibition maps disruptions at the edges, flickering, dissolving, resisting definition. Entities slip between places, between moments, between versions of themselves. Not remnants, not ruins, but forces in motion. Forms that never settle, spaces that resist resolution.
These presences don’t ask permission. They don’t belong to one place, one time, or one dimension. They surface as echoes, as reflections, as presences caught between realities, never resolving into a single truth.
Here, nothing is fixed. Meaning drifts. What is seen is only a momentary state of something still unfolding."
"What elevates our work to perfection is the passion and precision everybody brings to the table. In my opinion, dedication and love for our craft is Psyop’s secret sauce, which fills our work with a whole lot of heart & soul."
"By placing storytelling at the core of our creative process, and weaving narrative into every design, Psyop visuals resonate emotionally and connect meaningfully with audiences. Style is only one element - it’s story & substance that create memorable content."
"We do it all. We have 25 years of history that can attest to this. In an industry as vibrant as ours, it’s easy to blend in. We’d rather leave a lasting taste."
"Psyop is always cooking with fire and we never say no to a challenge, or unique concept! We got you. We're not the type of creatives that go in with a rulebook in hand or follow a strict recipe because we firmly believe that out of spontaneity something special & unique can be born."
"What elevates our work to perfection is the passion and precision everybody brings to the table. In my opinion, dedication and love for our craft is Psyop’s secret sauce, which fills our work with a whole lot of heart & soul."
"By placing storytelling at the core of our creative process, and weaving narrative into every design, Psyop visuals resonate emotionally and connect meaningfully with audiences. Style is only one element - it’s story & substance that create memorable content."
"Psyop is always cooking with fire and we never say no to a challenge, or unique concept! We got you. We're not the type of creatives that go in with a rulebook in hand or follow a strict recipe because we firmly believe that out of spontaneity something special & unique can be born."
"We do it all. We have 25 years of history that can attest to this. In an industry as vibrant as ours, it’s easy to blend in. We’d rather leave a lasting taste."
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Psyop's Special Sauce is built upon the foundation of true collaboration -our incredible partnerships with creative studios around the world bind our unique vision, crafting something you won’t find anywhere else .If you know our work, you know WIZZ. They’re a vital part of our story — bold, distinctive, and impossible to replicate. They bring that perfect je ne sais quoi that elevates everything we create together. Join us as the WIZZ team reflects on a union that has only continued to evolve and iterate on the excellence it's delivered time and time again -
15 years strong.
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
“Back when WIZZ was initially looking to break into the North American market, we almost signed with a Canadian company. But that changed when we produced “Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane)” for Breakbot 15 years ago. Psyop’s Adina Sales and Andrew Linsk saw it and contacted Wizz."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"They met up at Cannes in 2010 on the terrace of the Carlon and despite nursing hangovers, everyone felt the chemistry. WIZZ signed on the spot. Back then there weren't many French studios with reps in the US. But there was a palpable mutual curiosity and affinity for something beyond the borders of our respective countries."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"Right away we won Orville with Gary Levesque, Illogic did one of their first commercials with Psyop, and we knew we were on to something great. It's really been a history of developing talent together. We've always strived to make the limits disappear in every sense."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"Looking back we can see how WIZZ, our talents, and our relationship with Psyop has matured so beautifully. We’re excited to see what the next 14 years will bring as we collaborate with emerging talents like Remus and Kiki, Clement Morin, and continue developing our 3D studio with projects like Adolescence(s) and OMW. Right now is our moment to shake things up.”
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
“It has been quite a journey working with our beloved WIZZ comrades, since that first fateful meeting on the Croissette. Typically we would usually like to do a few projects with a new studio, to test the relationship and to make sure we are good dance partners. But with Wizz it really was love at first sight. We immediately started working on interesting projects with them, and over the years have made some really great work together."
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
"Gary Levesque’s recent film for Nike x Nigo shows the high caliber of creative work that their team is capable of. We love that the WIZZ team is always on the hunt for the freshest talent worldwide, making them accessible to the U.S. through our partnership — our recent signing of Remus and Kiki is just one example."
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
"And of course, the stop-motion work we’ve done with Victor Haegelin ( @patagraph ) always brings something fresh and fun. We very much value our long partnership with the WIZZ team - they've become like family. We look forward to partnering on more exciting work in the future. Viv' la France!”
The best results come from time, trust, and the perfect combination of minds.
WIZZ and Psyop is a true creative partnership that keeps getting richer with every collaboration.
Psyop's Special Sauce is built upon the foundation of true collaboration -
our incredible partnerships with creative studios around the world bind our unique vision, crafting something you won’t find anywhere else.If you know our work, you know WIZZ. They’re a vital part of our story — bold, distinctive, and impossible to replicate. They bring that perfect je ne sais quoi that elevates everything we create together. Join us as the WIZZ team reflects on a union that has only continued to evolve and iterate on the excellence it's delivered time and time again -
15 years strong.
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
“Back when WIZZ was initially looking to break into the North American market, we almost signed with a Canadian company. But that changed when we produced “Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane)” for Breakbot 15 years ago. Psyop’s Adina Sales and Andrew Linsk saw it and contacted Wizz."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"They met up at Cannes in 2010 on the terrace of the Carlon and despite nursing hangovers, everyone felt the chemistry. WIZZ signed on the spot. Back then there weren't many French studios with reps in the US. But there was a palpable mutual curiosity and affinity for something beyond the borders of our respective countries."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"Right away we won Orville with Gary Levesque, Illogic did one of their first commercials with Psyop, and we knew we were on to something great. It's really been a history of developing talent together. We've always strived to make the limits disappear in every sense."
CLAIRE MADIGAN, WIZZ PRODUCER:
"Looking back we can see how WIZZ, our talents, and our relationship with Psyop has matured so beautifully. We’re excited to see what the next 14 years will bring as we collaborate with emerging talents like Remus and Kiki, Clement Morin, and continue developing our 3D studio with projects like Adolescence(s) and OMW. Right now is our moment to shake things up.”
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
“It has been quite a journey working with our beloved WIZZ comrades, since that first fateful meeting on the Croissette. Typically we would usually like to do a few projects with a new studio, to test the relationship and to make sure we are good dance partners. But with Wizz it really was love at first sight. We immediately started working on interesting projects with them, and over the years have made some really great work together."
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
"Gary Levesque’s recent film for Nike x Nigo shows the high caliber of creative work that their team is capable of. We love that the WIZZ team is always on the hunt for the freshest talent worldwide, making them accessible to the U.S. through our partnership — our recent signing of Remus and Kiki is just one example."
Andrew Linsk, Psyop EP +
Head of Studio Partnerships:
"And of course, the stop-motion work we’ve done with Victor Haegelin ( @patagraph ) always brings something fresh and fun. We very much value our long partnership with the WIZZ team - they've become like family. We look forward to partnering on more exciting work in the future. Viv' la France!”
The best results come from time, trust, and the perfect combination of minds.
WIZZ and Psyop is a true creative partnership that keeps getting richer with every collaboration.
