US EditionFilm Festival Showcases What Artificial Intelligence Can Do on the Big Screen
- Runway held its third annual AI Film Festival on June 5, 2025, at Alice Tully Hall in New York's Lincoln Center, showcasing AI-generated short films.
- The festival grew from about 300 submissions in 2023 to approximately 6,000 this year, reflecting increased interest and advances in AI video technology.
- Ten films from around the world were finalists, including the award-winning 9-minute 'Total Pixel Space' by Jacob Adler and runner-up 'Jailbird' by Andrew Salter.
- Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela said, "This year really feels like we’re at a significant moment," highlighting the technological growth and cultural impact of AI in filmmaking.
- The festival’s success suggests AI-generated video is gaining legitimacy and may increasingly influence the film industry while raising concerns about workers’ rights and adaptation.
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The AI Film Festival promotes creativity and generates work tensions while opening the door for new ideas to redefine the boundaries of visual narrative and transform the industry
Runway’s AI Film Festival, On Hallowed Ground At New York’s Lincoln Center, Honors ‘Total Pixel Space’
Total Pixel Space, a hypnotic, essayistic 9-minute film by Jacob Adler, won top honors at the third annual AI Film Festival. Backed by Runway, the growing AI firm valued at more than $3 billion, the one-night festival unfolded Thursday at New York’s Lincoln Center. The setting, Alice Tully Hall, is hallowed ground for the film industry and cinephiles, having hosted the New York Film Festival and other events for decades. (An L.A. edition of th…
SCIENCE & TECH: Film festival showcases what AI can do on the big screen – U-S-NEWS.COM
Artificial intelligence‘s use in movie-making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today. The annual AI Film Festival, organized by Runway, a company that specializes in AI-generated video, kicked off in New York Thursday night with ten short films from around the world making their debut on the big screen. “Three years ago, this was such a crazy idea,” Runway CEO Cr…
In New York City, on June 5, the AI Film Festival (AIFF) film festival was held for the third time. If 300 directors took part in the event in 2023, the organizers received 6,000 applications in 2025, writing Tech Xplore. "It was such a crazy idea three years ago," said Runway's CEO, Cristobal Valenzuela. "Today, millions of people are making billions of videos using tools we've only ever dreamed of." Runway specializes in creating generic model…
Hollywood is actively introducing artificial intelligence into film production, although many studios prefer not to advertise this, fearing lawsuits from industry representatives.
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