Co-Founder & Head of Production, AiCandy
With more than 20 years in advertising, television, and film, Kent has led high-end productions at the intersection of storytelling and craft, partnering with leading global agencies to deliver award-winning work across multiple platforms.
His career spans three continents and a wide range of formats, consistently exploring new ways to bring ambitious ideas to life. He is now focused on the future of AI film production, helping define a new model of filmmaking where emerging tools are used to unlock ideas that were previously impossible to make while maintaining the highest standards of cinematic craft.
He has also served on international award juries including Cannes Lions, London International Awards, Effie Awards, Adfest, The Webby's, New York Festivals, and Spikes Asia, where he was Jury President.
Launching the same day as this session, Emotive and AiCandy Australia will reveal a bold new campaign tackling safe sex and how it’s communicated to Gen Z, in a way that’s anything but expected. Using AI filmmaking, absurdity and social-first storytelling, the work explores how a topic often ignored or avoided can be designed to break into culture and capture attention. More than just spectacle, it’s an example of how AI storytelling can move from scale and surprise into something more human, using entertainment to open up a more serious conversation. Join Emotive and AiCandy as they unpack how AI, craft and creativity are expanding what’s possible, building ideas designed not just to be watched, but shared and talked about
