The mk2 cinemas and the French artificial intelligence specialist Artefact will organize a short film festival in November dedicated to “films made using generative AI” and chaired by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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The Artefact AI Film Festival requires candidates to present a film of five minutes and having used several artificial intelligence tools to help with writing, production or direction. It’s about a “pioneering initiative in the field of the film industry”according to the organizers.
“As someone who is keen on technology and innovation, artificial intelligence naturally intrigues me, fascinates me, astonishes me and also questions me”, explained Jean-Pierre Jeunet who will chair this festival. “So I’ll be delighted to see a sampling of what’s possible today,” added the director ofAmelie Poulain and of The City of Lost Children.
Debates around AI
The festival will take place in November at the mk2 Bibliothèque, in Paris, and the winner of the Grand Prize will receive a prize of 10 000 euros. “We are aware of the important debates within the cultural community and we believe that experimentation is undoubtedly the best way to convince”, underlined Vincent Luciani, co-founder of Artefact. The composition of the jury will be revealed on the 5th June, as part of the “Adopt AI” event organized by Artefact, when applications will be open.
The arrival in recent months of generative AI capable of creating very realistic videos on simple request, like Sora (latest from OpenAI) or Runway, worries many professionals in the sector. In December, Montpellier hosted the first festival dedicated to short films using AI in France.
