The two kinds are worth separating. Invisible stitching that holds a "one-shot" video together is a craft achievement precisely because you never see it. Slit-scan distortion is the opposite. Both get credited here.
Slit-scan distortion, stretched ratios and extreme close-ups, applied to a track that did not need any help being tense. It took the Golden Frog at Camerimage and then the British Society of Cinematographers award four months later.
Chassaing's Foxtrot Oscar uses Ready VFX and what coverage calls 'ethical generative AI' to flood a stylised London with flying mini‑Dizzees.
Heymann co-directed "Tailor Swif" with Gal Muggia and also did the visual effects on it with Tal Baltuch, taking Best Visual Effects at the UKMVA 2025.
Nominated for cinematography at the BSC Awards 2026. Two reputable sources name two different cinematographers, and we are not going to guess which is right.