Unomundi Adopts Hedra AI Character Video Generation for Global Children’s Content

Hedra, the AI video generation platform specializing in expressive character creation, announced a production collaboration with global children's media initiative Unomundi. The project uses Hedra's video model to generate multilingual, avatar-led educational stories for young audiences across different regions. By pairing localized audio tracks with single static artworks, Unomundi scales video production across multiple languages while maintaining character expression and lip sync accuracy.

What's new

Unomundi integrated Hedra's character video generator, Character-1, to automate the animation pipeline for its international story library. Producers input static character illustrations alongside multi-language voice tracks, allowing the model to generate full facial motion, head movement, and lip synchronization in a single generation step.

Key details of the deployment include:

• Audio-driven character animation that adapts facial expressions and mouth movements to match varying regional dialects.
• Rapid turnaround for multilingual video variants without needing manual keyframing or 3D character rigs.
• Direct support for custom illustration styles, converting 2D artwork into expressive video assets.

How it fits your workflow

For digital media producers, educators, and narrative creators, Hedra simplifies the process of bringing static characters to life. Traditional character animation requires rigging, keyframing, and rendering—steps that become expensive when translating a single project into dozens of regional languages. Hedra removes the manual animation phase by driving full character performances directly from audio assets.

In comparison to presenter-focused avatar platforms like HeyGen or Synthesia, Hedra specializes in flexible, stylized character inputs rather than stock corporate hosts. For filmmakers looking for alternatives to LivePortrait or D-ID, Hedra provides nuanced emotional expression and clean facial rendering from a single image reference. Narrative creators can quickly prototype animatics, produce digital storybooks, or localized web series from existing storyboard stills.

What it costs / how to try it

Hedra is available through a web interface at hedra.com. The service offers free credits for new users to test character generation, with paid subscription tiers providing higher processing priority and commercial usage rights.