Keith Ancker graduated from Washington State University.
After several years as trade journalist working in yachting and entertainment, he transitioned into marketing and sales.
In 2015, he founded The Soundcasting Network, Seattle’s first podcast network.
SCN produced 20+ shows and several thousand episodes over six years, nabbed two SXSW appearances and a Signal Award for the sci-fi podcast Burner Face.
He is currently a partner in the Augmented City, which produces Culture & Code, as well as the co-founder and COO of Bonus Round, the Pacific Northwest’s premier gaming events organizer.
Seattle AI Film Festival Website
We’ve created a case study that details how we built the Seattle AI Film Festival website.
The website serves not just as a document of the festival itself, but as a record of the early stages of generative AI filmmaking at this historic moment in time.
The inaugural Seattle AI Film Festival held in March of 2025 was a groundbreaking event allowing creatives from around the world to showcase cutting-edge films made using artificial intelligence.
Films from eighty five filmmakers from 22 countries were screened during the two-day, in-person event.
The festival was produced by Culture & Code, a podcast and AI automation company dedicated to helping storytellers collaborate better with AI and each other.
Our companies have collaborated on multiple projects in the past, including the visual implementation of the podcast Burner Face, which we produced using the MediaStorm Platform.
In January 2025, Culture & Code’s John Gauntt and Keith Ancker reached out to commission MediaStorm to build the festival site.
We built the site using the MediaStorm Platform and incorporated many of its sophisticated features in order to showcase its catalog of groundbreaking films.
Read about how we used the MediaStorm Platform to build the site: Case Study: Seattle AI Film Festival.