Film13 Oct 2026
Simon Rich defends OpenAI film Artificial as accurate after Altman's jab
Writer Simon Rich says Artificial sticks closely to the record after Sam Altman called its trailer awful, and he frames the film as a warning about AI.
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Film12 Oct 2026
Ava DuVernay's 14th premieres at NYFF to complaints over AI-animated archival photos
Film9 Oct 2026
Danny Boyle says Ink used an AI face-swap for Thatcher and he never asked her estate
At a BFI London Film Festival talk, Boyle said an actor played Thatcher with her face swapped in by AI, and that her estate was not asked.
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Film7 Oct 2026
Fan Bingbing tells Busan press conference AI cannot replace human actors
At the Busan festival, the Chinese actress said AI-made short dramas leave no impression and that human acting cannot be copied by the technology.
Film6 Oct 2026
Guadagnino's OpenAI drama Artificial gets warm first reactions at its NYFF premiere
Guadagnino's film about Sam Altman's 2023 OpenAI ousting premiered at NYFF to mostly positive reactions, after Amazon dropped it; Neon opens it on 25 December.
Film4 Oct 2026
Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak wins the $450,000 Grand Prix at the first Astana AI Film Festival
Shestak's The First Honest Day beat 8,067 entries from 125 countries at Kazakhstan's debut AI film festival, which handed out $1m in prizes from a $2m fund.
Film2 Oct 2026
AI Film Festival Japan opens ticket sales for its second edition after 700 entries
Tokyo's AI Film Festival Japan returns 31 Oct to 2 Nov with 700 entries from 60+ countries and prizes backed by CapCut and ElevenLabs.
Film1 Oct 2026
World AI Film Festival brings its Road to Cannes circuit to Buenos Aires on 30 October
The AI-only film festival from Nice and Cannes holds a free-entry Buenos Aires edition in TecWeek, sending its winner to the April 2027 final.
Film1 Oct 2026
Astana AI Film Festival opens its three-day final with 25 films and a $2 million fund
Twenty-five AI-made films picked from 8,067 entries compete in Astana for $1 million in prizes, with a further $1 million set aside to invest in AI teams.
Film1 Oct 2026
Austin AI Film Festival names 40 films and its speakers for its second edition
The festival says it picked 40 films from over 700 entries for its October event, with masterclasses from AI studio founders and a hackathon.
Film1 Oct 2026
Adana Golden Boll festival screens 10 AI short films and puts their directors in front of the audience
Ten AI shorts screened in Adana's competition, and their directors said cheap tools let them film scripts no one would fund.
Film30 Sep 2026
Kenyan-Swiss director Damien Hauser on building Memory of Princess Mumbi with AI-generated worlds
A Venice-premiered Kenyan sci-fi romance used AI for its future world while arguing against AI on screen; its director explains the trade-offs, including skin-tone errors.
Film30 Sep 2026
Short Shorts Film Festival adds a generative AI showcase to its Tokyo autumn screenings
Tokyo's Oscar-qualifying shorts festival pairs its autumn prize-winners with a CapCut AI film programme and 30 new AI-made shorts about the city.
Industry30 Sep 2026
Busan film festival forum puts Jia Zhangke's AI short and AI filmmaking on its agenda
Forum BIFF, 8 to 11 October, includes a session on whether AI and artists can coexist, keynoted by Jia Zhangke alongside a screening of his AI short.
Industry29 Sep 2026
Hong Kong AI film festival drops its 51% AI-use rule and cuts its awards to seven for 2027
Entries for 2027 no longer need a set share of AI, only a substantive creative use of it, with seven awards replacing 19 and judging kept apart from sales.
Industry29 Sep 2026
SHAIKE Film Festival in La Ciotat will judge AI-made and camera-shot films side by side
A new festival in the town where the Lumière brothers filmed will put AI-generated and camera-shot films before one jury chaired by Olivier Dahan.
Industry31 Aug 2026
Cinema St. Louis to exclude generative-AI films from its festivals from 2027
After a local AI-made short sparked debate, the St. Louis film festival organiser will require disclosure and bar generative AI from creative content in 2027 submissions.
Film15 Jun 2026
Urbanworld Film Festival opens its 30th edition to AI-generated films through a new UrbanworldAI programme
New York's BIPOC-focused festival will screen AI films in competition and teach filmmakers AI tools at its 30th edition, 14-18 October, working with The New School.
Film10 Jun 2026
Bucheon fantastic film festival programs 38 AI-made films for its 30th edition
BIFAN's milestone edition adds an AI content summit and puts 38 AI-made films and 28 XR works in a record 321-title programme.
