WHAT LIES BEYOND?
A cinematic brand film for EQT, produced by Cursed with João Beraldo. Photorealistic coastal, architectural, domestic and space imagery explores AI, creativity and the frontiers of human possibility.
TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo
Bring us your most extraordinary idea. We are AI-native, combining creativity, taste and technology to execute it with speed and aggressive pricing: a film, a campaign, a brand, a game or a complete digital experience. Our know-how and optimized proprietary pipelines save time, money and tokens. We work directly with clients and alongside agencies, production companies and creative teams, from the first concept to delivery.
Bring us your most extraordinary brief
No brief scares us. Worlds that do not exist, unlikely characters, ambitious narratives and experiences that have yet to be invented are the challenges that drive us. We explore the problem, research, experiment and develop the creative and technical approach needed to give an idea form. The objective might be to communicate, move an audience, explain, entertain or build a new business.
We build with AI from the outset, choosing models, tools and stages according to what the project needs. Our optimized proprietary pipelines organize generation, selection, revision and finishing to save time, money and tokens. Our know-how helps us focus effort on what improves the delivery while reducing unguided attempts and rework. That efficiency helps us keep costs and prices down and move quickly, even on creatively ambitious projects.
Our creative judgment comes from years of cultural exploration, lived experience and making things. We understand the client’s context, define the intention and take creative responsibility for delivery. We apply AI to exploration and execution, guided by human direction across five dimensions:
We can build an entire production from synthetic elements, from the image to the soundtrack. AI contributes to generation; creative direction determines what to create, how each element behaves and how everything works together. This includes:
We also combine live-action footage of people, products and locations with generated imagery, animation, compositing, VFX and digital special effects. We can plan a shoot for the project or integrate existing material, extend sets, create characters and creatures, transform elements and build scenes between the real and the imagined. Art direction, lighting, perspective, movement, editing and sound bring these layers into the same film.
Our work spans disciplines. We build communication and the places, products and experiences where it happens, with distinctive design and attention to how people use what we create:
We work as High Individual Contributors (HI-IC): experienced professionals with autonomy and direct involvement in execution. Our use of AI draws on 20+ years of experience in creative work, design and technology, together with a background in product, marketing and business. The founders stay close to decisions and production, connecting research, concept development, implementation and finishing. That direct involvement brings cultural depth, technical knowledge and speed together to give an idea form.
The Cursed name and contemporary gothic punk aesthetic carry our enthusiasm for the extraordinary. The supernatural is our playful way of describing what happens when human creative judgment meets AI production. We want to make distinctive work with character, efficiency and courage. That attitude runs through each project, while the visual language and communication are developed for the idea and the client.
You can come to us with a finished script, a communication problem, a product idea or something you have yet to figure out how to make. We investigate the challenge, propose approaches, build references and prototypes, and develop the production. We apply our AI-native efficiency to connect creative language, techniques, formats, pricing and schedule. We work with the client’s team to keep the idea strong through every decision.
A cinematic brand film for EQT, produced by Cursed with João Beraldo. Photorealistic coastal, architectural, domestic and space imagery explores AI, creativity and the frontiers of human possibility.
TheCursedCo. + João Beraldo
An animated product story for Templ, created by Cursed and Templ Studio. Amphibian characters, pyramids and treasure turn token launches, community governance and group chat into a humorous fantasy narrative.
TheCursedCo. & Templ Studio
An animated film for the Trueo + Yearn partnership, produced by Cursed and Templ Studio. A café scene expands into robot support, electric-car traffic and an alien press conference to explain prediction markets through comedy.
TheCursedCo. & Templ Studio