Screenings, Talks and Features

Floam World has been presented across film festivals, cultural institutions, fashion platforms, and international speaking engagements exploring emerging media, speculative storytelling, and narrative image-making.

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Awards & Recognition

  • 2025 — The One Show. Gold Pencil, Inaugural Creative AI Pioneer (Individual).

  • 2024 — Tribeca Festival. Everyone is Chair

  • 2024 — Runway Gen:48. The Collector — Finalist

  • Earlier career — Cannes Lions · D&AD · The One Show · Clio · Effie · Webby

Exhibitions & Screenings

  • 2026 — State of Fashion Biennale, Arnhem. Group exhibition.

  • 2025 — Museum of the Moving Image, New York. Ideas Need to be Seen — artist talk and screenings; Everyone is Chair screened in the theatre.

  • 2024 — Tribeca Festival, New York. Everyone is Chair — screening and panel.

AI Non-exclusive Rosters

  • Runway — Creative Partners Program · Talent Network

  • .Monks — Artist Monks (Generative AI Roster)

  • Builders Club / Zukunft — Generative AI Roster

  • Google — Inaugural Sessions Artist Cohort

Speaking & Talks

  • 2025 — Motion Plus Design, Paris. Keynote: Creating at the Speed of Thought. (November 2025)

  • 2025 — NYWIFT Summit. Featured Artist and Speaker — Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI. (September 2025)

  • 2025 — Moss, NY. On AI & Creative Work — fireside chat with Cristóbal Valenzuela (Runway co-founder & CEO), moderated by George Mathew (Managing Director, Insight Partners). Co-hosted by Moss and Insight Partners. (December 2025)

  • 2025 — Motion Plus Design, NY. Keynote: My Big Creative Unlock. (June 2025)

  • 2025 — The One Show, NY. Gold Pencil acceptance address.

  • 2024 — SLMBR PRTY × NYU Production Lab. AI panel with Joy Fennell, Daniel Antebi, and Carla Gannis.

  • 2024 — Tribeca Festival. Everyone is Chair screening and Q&A with filmmakers.

Topics: Generative AI for narrative storytelling · The intersection of fashion, film, and emerging tech · Creative leadership in advertising's AI moment · World-building beyond the brief

Available for keynotes, panels, and select workshops.

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    Museum of Moving Images, New York

    Artist Talk and Screenings

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    Motion Plus Design, Speaker New York

    “My Big Creative Unlock” presented at Motion Plus Design, New York Edition. June 2025

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    The One Show. Gold Pencil Winner AI Pioneer

    Leilanni Todd wins the Gold Pencil as the 2025 Inaugural AI Pioneer (Individual) at The One Show in New York.

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    Tribeca Festival 2024

    Tribeca introduces some of the most creative examples of AI generated short films and music videos followed by an extended Q&A with filmmakers.

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    PUMA’s AI-designed INVERSE sneaker

    PUMA’s AI-designed INVERSE sneaker comes to life in a bold visual campaign by Leilanni Todd, blending product imagery with cutting-edge generative AI and 3D tools.

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    Teaching Special Topics in Virtual Production at NYU Tisch

    Award-winning creative Leilanni Todd to teach Special Topics in Virtual Production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Spring 2025 Semester at the new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center.

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    NYWIFT Summit: Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI

    Featured Artist and Speaker, September 2025

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PUMA INVERSE

PUMA’s AI-designed INVERSE sneaker comes to life in a bold visual campaign by Leilanni Todd, blending product imagery with cutting-edge generative AI and 3D tools.

–Puma Press Release

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Award-winning creative Leilanni Todd to teach Special Topics in Virtual Production at the new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center.

NYU TISCH VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

– Press Release

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Leilanni Todd joins Runway’s Talent Network. All of the world's top Al experts. All in one place.

RUNWAY’S TALENT NETWORK

– Runway Talent Network

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Leilanni Todd joins Artist Monks, a leading roster of AI-powered talent from the award-winning global studios of .Monks (formerly Media Monks).

.MONKS GENERATIVE AI ROSTER

– Monks Roster

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GARDENING.CLUB GENERATIVE AI ROSTER

Leilanni Todd joins cutting edge AI Roster The Gardening.club, sister to the production company The Sweetshop.

– Press Release

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ZUKUNFT GENERATIVE AI ROSTER

Builders Club adds AI roster to live-action film division ZUKUNFT including AI artist Leilanni Todd.

–Stash Press Release

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PROMPT MAGAZINE COVER STORY

“It’s a space to explore themes like consumerism, beauty, identity, the female experience, and environmental impact–always layered with humor, absurdity, and satire.”

–Prompt Magazine Book #12

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SLMBR PRTY x NYU PRODUCTION LAB PANEL

“SLMBR PRTY and The NYU Production Lab will set the stage for an exploratory evening tackling the industry newcomer on everyone’s minds, AI.” 

–Shots Press Release

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RUNWAY’S THIRTY TWO PAGES

“If FLOAM were a person, they’d be wearing a Puka shell necklace and a bluetooth earpiece.”

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TRIBECA FESTIVAL, JUNE 2024

Everyone is Chair Screening and panel discussion.

“Tribeca introduces some of the most creative examples of AI generated short films and music videos followed by an extended Q&A with filmmakers.”

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RUNWAY TELESCOPE MAGAZINE ISSUE #1

“Through the lens of fashion, Leilanni infuses humor and “Floam-y” playfulness to find joy in life’s absurdities.”

– Telescope Magazine

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PROMPT MAGAZINE EDITORIAL BOOK 12

An editorial feature, Soft Serve explores quiet power dynamics, where unseen forces shape the future.

–Prompt Magazine Book #12

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MIRROR MIRROR MAGAZINE

“…Leilanni Todd’s playground with underlying messages. The raw material it’s all made of is Floam, a fictional mix of technological waste and ocean plastic.”

– Mirror Mirror Magazine

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WOMEN AI ARTISTS

“The 'Floamies' concept, inspired by playful, oversized flotation devices, serves as a symbol of personal flotation and life preserver, both literally and metaphorically.”

– WAIA Interview