KINO: How the Viral Dota 2 Cinematic Was Created

3D Animators behind KINO, a viral Dota 2-themed cinematic created for The International 2025 Short Film Contest, Mikhail Tetro and Maksim Frolov have joined us to discuss the working process behind the project, talk about modeling, animation, and post-production, explain how they tweaked Dota 2 character models and created their own, and share which movie references are their favorites.