Visions of AI Film Culture: Examining How AI Reshapes our Imagination of Cinema and its Possibilities

​​Join us for a session during the Future of Cinema conference, examining how AI reshapes our imagination of cinema and its possibilities.

​About the Future of Cinema Conference

​Future of Cinema: From Locarno to LA, is a 2-day conference with an international dialogue on AI and cinema, bringing together critique and practice to shape sustainable approaches to production, distribution, and creative work.

​Current AI discourse often falls into polarized camps: Critics who reject AI and advocates emphasizing the advancements. In the context of film and media culture, anxieties about AI's impact on labor, authorship, ownership and aesthetics stand in sharp contrast to promises of democratic access to cultural production and a new golden age for filmmaking.

​Future of Cinema, seeks to bridge these divides by bringing together experts from academia, the film industry, technology, media advocacy, and curatorship, to collectively address a moment of profound transformation.

​The conference includes three sessions around interrelated themes, and two evening screenings featuring works presented by Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland’s preeminent cinematic event, and works by LA-based filmmakers and archives, fostering a transatlantic exchange in this global debate.

​More details about the conference

​Speakers

• ​Fred Grinstein (Media Executive/Producer)

• ​Lauren Lee McCarthy (Artist and Programmer)

​Additional Sessions

• ​Session 2: AI’s Impact on Film Culture — Taking Stock of Current Challenges and Concerns, from Labor Conditions to creative Practices
  Sat, Oct. 25 at 2pm - More details + registration

• ​Session 3: Strategies for a Sustainable AI Future — Exploring Alternative Models, Collective Strategies, and Ethical Frameworks for Moving Forward
  Sat, Oct. 25 at 4pm - More details + registration

​Partners

​This Future of Cinema conference is a collaboration between the Locarno Film Festival, UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, and Swissnex in San Francisco.

​Location

​The session takes place in the Darren Star Screening Room, Melnitz Hall, situated on the northeast corner of the UCLA Campus in Westwood, adjacent to the Broad Art Center and the Murphy Sculpture Garden.

​​​​About Swissnex in San Francisco
Swissnex in San Francisco is an initiative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). Our vision at Swissnex in San Francisco is to connect tomorrow by empowering the next generation of innovators to collaborate and create futures where the planet and society thrive.

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