In 2023, generative artificial intelligence company Runway launched its AI Film Festival and received about 300 short-film submissions. A year later, the festival received over 3,000 and its 10 finalists premiered May 1 at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.
In the last year, AI also has become a major point of contention in Hollywood, a topic of several labor strikes, and multiple panicked headlines. Meanwhile, filmmakers are using it.
“Among my peers, the reality is there’s more people using it than they’d like to admit,” said Paul Trillo, an AI filmmaker who spoke on a panel discussion at Wednesday’s Aiff moderated by IndieWire editor in chief Dana Harris-Bridson. “I’ve even seen people that pretend to be anti-ai, and they are using Midjourney, ChatGPT, they try and take a stance, but I know people are using things.”
Joining Trillo on the panel were Emmy-winning animator Joel Kuwahara, tech writer, artist, and...
In the last year, AI also has become a major point of contention in Hollywood, a topic of several labor strikes, and multiple panicked headlines. Meanwhile, filmmakers are using it.
“Among my peers, the reality is there’s more people using it than they’d like to admit,” said Paul Trillo, an AI filmmaker who spoke on a panel discussion at Wednesday’s Aiff moderated by IndieWire editor in chief Dana Harris-Bridson. “I’ve even seen people that pretend to be anti-ai, and they are using Midjourney, ChatGPT, they try and take a stance, but I know people are using things.”
Joining Trillo on the panel were Emmy-winning animator Joel Kuwahara, tech writer, artist, and...
- 5/3/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
"What if I give a soul to a computer or a machine. That doesn't make us weaker, that makes us stronger." Memory has revealed an official for the music + tech doc called The Computer Accent, featuring the pop music group Yacht. Originally created in 2002 by Jona Bechtolt, they have evolved over the years with different band members. Now, the boundary-pushing band Yacht tackles the greatest challenge of their career: inviting Artificial Intelligence into their creative process. As cutting-edge technology collides with their DIY sensibilities, the band struggles to understand the future of music—and their place within it. The PR description adds: "Lo-fi meets high-tech in this entertaining and thought-provoking journey into the wilderness of art and technology. The band sits back as research scientists whiteboard their way through explanations of neural networks." This looks like a funky doc that will play perfectly as a double feature with the Meow...
- 10/5/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The flashing lights and chaos of the Las Vegas strip are far away from Martha Stewart’s farmhouse home — which she’s meticulously recreated in her first restaurant, The Bedford. Recently opened at the Paris Las Vegas Resort and Casino, the best-selling author’s abode has been turned into a fine dining experience for 200 guests. And every dish, piece of glassware, and linen tablecloth she chose herself.
Stewart says that she knows the irony of most people her age are retiring while she’s decided to go into the restaurant business.
Stewart says that she knows the irony of most people her age are retiring while she’s decided to go into the restaurant business.
- 8/18/2022
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
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