SHOWCASE
ROXANNE DUCHARME
ABOUT
Roxanne Ducharme (TrashCanRoxanne) is an award-winning French-Canadian director and AI filmmaker with 40 years in 2D animation and visual storytelling. Based in Panama, she creates cinematic generative films blending craft, surrealism, and emotional narrative, with work screening internationally. Her career spans major studio features, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated projects, Emmy®-winning television, and illustration for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and the Science Channel.
Winter Hollow by Roxanne Ducharme
Fossils by Roxanne Ducharme
The Sea that Dreamed by Roxanne Ducharme
Contact info and links:
AI portfolio/website https://trashcanroxanne.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trashcanroxanne/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TrashCanRoxanne
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxanneducharme/
MY FILMS
WINTERHOLLOW
WiNTERHOLLOW is a haunting forest where beauty conceals danger, and strange, eerie forces lurk. Travelers, drawn by its glow, face surreal trials and chilling legends, with few ever escaping its grip.
Tech Stack:
ChatGPT, Midjourney, Hailuo Minimax, Kling, ElevenLabs, CapCut, Topaz Video.
FOSSiLS
FOSSiLS is a poetic meditation on humanity’s impermanence and the traces we leave behind. Imagining a future where humankind fades into history like the dinosaurs, this haunting and reflective work intertwines themes of fragility, legacy, and the cyclical nature of life on Earth.
Tech Stack:
Midjourney, Runway, Kling, Adobe Premiere, Topaz Video.
THE SEA THAT DREAMED
Adrift in a strange sea, a creature wanders until a forgotten jar reveals a hidden world within.
THE SEA THAT DREAMED is a poetic journey through memory, identity, and the quiet hope that lingers beneath the waves. A surreal meditation on what remains when everything else slips away, the film reflects on how, even in moments of confusion or solitude, small things can guide us home.
Tech Stack:
ChatGPT, Midjourney, Nano Banana, Photoshop, Runway, Freepik, Higgsfield, Kling, Google Veo 3, Seedance, Epidemic Sound, ElevenLabs, Suno Music, Adobe Premiere, Topaz Video, Topaz Gigapixel.
“AI is a power tool for imagination. If you don’t know what you’re building, you just make sawdust faster.”
—Roxanne DuCharme