Invaders must die so we can breathe freely and stop evolving, something we’ve long deserved, haven’t we?

It's my first collaboration with a professional voice actor. I think it turned out pretty good.

[Fully handcrafted by one person. No AI involved]
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
Voice - Thomas Middlleditch
2026

A dark parody of the iconic opening sequence from The Simpsons - a show I’ve been a fan of since childhood - reimagined as a bleak Eastern European arthouse film. To make the short feel more authentic, a fictional pseudo-Slavic language was invented specifically for the film, along with the fictional Serbian-style director name “Lenivko Kvadratič” - which roughly translates to “Lazy Square.” The director, of course, does not actually exist.

What started as an absurd fan-made experiment unexpectedly went viral worldwide, was featured by major international media outlets, won the Best Film Under One Minute award at Festival Azyl 2020 in Slovakia, and in 2019 had its broadcast rights officially acquired by FOX.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
Music: Goran Bregovic
2019

A parody commercial created for my accessories brand Serious About, mixing dark humor with a bold, cinematic ad style.
The film went viral worldwide after being widely mistaken for an unreleased Nike commercial

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2018

A sweet, highly detailed short compressing 30 years of life into one continuous story - from babyhood to adulthood. A simple idea, executed with love, that resonated globally and reached 20M+ views

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
Music by Kino
2017

I was always curious about the fate of the bad Terminator after he was melted down, so I allowed myself a bit of nostalgia and imagination - and ended up creating this alternative sequel parody.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
2018

A largely autobiographical short.
As a child, I believed I would conquer other worlds - things turned out differently.
The idea is simple. The execution is simple too.
Dedicated to all of us.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
2020

A wordless, story-driven 2D short by Lazy Square, blending nostalgic childhood imagination with the harsh reality of 1990s Russia. A personal film told through bold visuals & cinematic pacing

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
Music: Kay Metov
2025

A surreal dark comedy about a cat that steals a man’s identity, his life, and even his family, but fails to steal the one thing that truly matters: his crypto savings. A reality-bending story of paranoia, absurdity, and pure madness - with a very fluffy villain.

Company: 1inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2023

500 years in one minute.
The story of one eternal hole in one long-suffering country.
A textbook parable that, sooner or later, turns out to be about all of us.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
2022

A wildly inappropriate sci-fi parody about a battery living in a Matrix-like simulation, only to wake up and realize the truth: it wasn’t powering a revolution - it was powering a very personal device for the creator’s sibling. Dark, absurd, and unapologetically wrong.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2019

Third collaboration with 1Inch. An epic, biblical-scale commercial reflecting on human–AI interaction. Grand imagery, sharp pacing, and dark satire paint humanity in its usual role: flawed, impulsive, and dangerously self-confident.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2024

A man resembling a tech visionary sets out to reach Mars - not for glory, but to find a long-lost friend.
What begins as a space dream slowly unravels into buried family secrets and uncomfortable truths best left forgotten.
The campaign also included custom-designed bank cards created specifically for this project.

Сompany: Tinkoff Bank
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2021

Watch till the end! Created in collaboration with Tinkoff Bank, this philosophical and slightly melancholic film tells the story of a schoolboy who earns more from game streaming than his unemployed, directionless father.
What starts as a quiet domestic situation gradually unfolds into a sharp reflection on changing roles, pride, and responsibility - all leading to a stylish, unexpected ending that turned the film into a viral hit and made it widely recognized around the world.

Company: Tinkoff Bank
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square)
Idea - Aleksei Semenov, Aleksei Braverman
Script, direction, voice & animation - Aleksei Semenov
2021

In this collaboration with Tinkoff Bank, I tell a story about a man driven by an almost impossible desire to fix the mistakes of his past, no matter the cost.
Or at the very least, to change the terms of the deal.
Company :Tinkoff Bank
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square)
Idea, script, direction, voice & animation

My idea for an animated series.
A group of Soviet scientists accidentally send themselves along with an entire science town…straight to Hell.
Instead of giving up, they do what they do best:
methodically study, experiment, and colonize Hell, using local prisoners as their workforce no matter the circumstances.A harsh mix of Chernobyl and Hazbin Hotel
Producers welcome!

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
2020

A silly short about an unlikely superhero who never gives up: rescuing tea bags drowned in a mug, one tragic dunk at a time.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
Music by Donna Summer
2017

Here’s the third episode of my promotional mini-series about the heroic crypto scientists at 1inch, developing all sorts of things so that everyday crypto citizens can thrive and sleep peacefully in this chaotic and completely uncontrollable world. However, the organization takes no responsibility for personal life failures. Enjoy watching!

Сompany: 1Inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2026

Third collaboration with 1Inch. An epic, biblical-scale commercial reflecting on human–AI interaction. Grand imagery, sharp pacing, and dark satire paint humanity in its usual role: flawed, impulsive, and dangerously self-confident.

Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2024

An International Women’s Day promo where tiny men in work uniforms build beauty like construction workers on a sacred site: polishing, lifting, painting, and assembling an entire world around towering women. A poetic tribute to the idea that women don’t just inspire - they set the scale of everything.

Company: Kiehl’s New York/L’Oreal
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2018

A promotional animated spot created to support the release of Watch Dogs: Legion and promote the franchise in Russia. Fast-paced, stylish, and packed with the game’s signature hacktivist energy. This particular version was translated into English and dubbed by me, please don’t judge too harshly!

Company: Ubisoft
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction, voice & animation
2020

A promo film film for L’Oreal about a bizarre cult that kidnaps color itself, extracting it and selling it in concentrated cans. A surreal dystopian parody where aesthetics become currency, reality turns dull, and obsession with “more vibrant life” goes completely off the rails.

Company: Matrix/L’Oreal
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2018

A surreal dark comedy about a cat that steals a man’s identity, his life, and even his family, but fails to steal the one thing that truly matters: his crypto savings. A reality-bending story of paranoia, absurdity, and pure madness - with a very fluffy villain.

Company: 1inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2023

A man resembling a tech visionary sets out to reach Mars - not for glory, but to find a long-lost friend.
What begins as a space dream slowly unravels into buried family secrets and uncomfortable truths best left forgotten.
The campaign also included custom-designed bank cards created specifically for this project.

Сompany: Tinkoff Bank
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2021

A promo toon originally made for an online gaming platform that unexpectedly turned into a deep, ironic story about life, time, and goal-setting. Playful on the surface, painfully relatable underneath - a commercial that became a reflection.

Company: PlayDeck
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2024

An internal promo built entirely around inside jokes and meaning only insiders can decode. Just like the main character, I’m not one of them - and that outsider perspective became the core of the story, turning confusion into comedy.

Company: 1inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2024

Just a product commercial for the iconic retractable middle-finger pin.
Dark humor, sharp political parody vibes, and a wink to the end-of-the-world mood - any resemblance to real-life leaders or events is purely coincidental.

Company: Serious About
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2024

A bold, chaotic promo about choosing the wrong robot and paying the price. A twisted love story turns into a full-blown techno-drama with obsession, betrayal, death, and seductive sex-robots - all wrapped in sharp black humor and fast-paced sci-fi madness.

Company: Veles Finance
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2025

An origin story of crypto aggregation: a reckless garage invention turned into a working machine that changes everything - with black humor and a few unfortunate side victims along the way. Retro sci-fi aesthetics, fast pacing, and unapologetically over-the-top innovation.

Company: 1inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2025

In this collaboration with two brands - Kiehl’s and Serious About - I used the power of animation to connect continents, even if only within an advertising framework. When those continents briefly aligned, a bear appeared to have a surprisingly good sense of where life might be a little more comfortable.

Company: Kiehl’s New York/L’Oreal
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2017

A retro-styled dark comedy about the total fusion of every crypto aggregator feature into one unstoppable super-system, reborn under a new logo. Bigger, faster, “perfect”… and, as always, not without collateral damage. A bold sci-fi parody packed with black humor and over-the-top innovation.

Company: 1inch
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) - idea, script, direction & animation
2025

‍A follow-up love story for the two coworkers from another film. This time, everything ends well - not just well, but perfectly. Sweet, funny, and genuinely heartwarming (yes, it happens).

Company: Serious About
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square) — idea, script, direction & animation
Music by Mariah Carey
2018

Watch till the end! Created in collaboration with Tinkoff Bank, this philosophical and slightly melancholic film tells the story of a schoolboy who earns more from game streaming than his unemployed, directionless father.
What starts as a quiet domestic situation gradually unfolds into a sharp reflection on changing roles, pride, and responsibility - all leading to a stylish, unexpected ending that turned the film into a viral hit and made it widely recognized around the world.

Company: Tinkoff Bank
Created by Aleksei Semenov (Lazy Square)
Idea - Aleksei Semenov, Aleksei Braverman
Script, direction, voice & animation - Aleksei Semenov
2021