Who Owns AI-Generated Films?
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EXT. HOLIDAY INN, READING - EVENING
Who owns your film?
Join us for a live, in-person discussion that puts modern cinema on trial. As AI-generated content accelerates, the foundations of authorship, ownership, and creative identity are being challenged like never before.
This is a structured debate disguised as conversation.
We will confront a critical question,
If a machine can generate a film, who owns the story?
Through a high-stakes dialogue between legal experts, ethical AI advocates, and filmmakers on both sides of the divide, we will examine the reality behind AI-generated cinema and human authorship.
Hear from:
Special guest Dr. Melanie Stockton-Brown, Lecturer in IP Law, with a focus on generative AI.
Dominic Lees, Associate Professor, filmmaker, and ethical AI advocate
Independent filmmakers representing both pro-AI and critical perspectives
Together, we will explore:
Can AI-generated films be legally owned?
What defines authorship in the age of automation?
Does prompting equal creating?
Will audiences value human-made cinema differently as AI floods the market?
This session will challenge assumptions, expose contradictions, and force clarity.
We will also introduce Filmster.ID, a new identity and authorship infrastructure designed to verify, protect, and empower filmmakers in an era of infinite content.
So, the question is no longer what we can create:
What are we willing to own?
Who should attend: Filmmakers, writers, producers, technologists, investors, and students who care about the future of cinema, authorship, and creative ownership.
Hosted by: Filmster Network, the unified infrastructure for modern filmmakers to plan, crew, and execute productions, while learning from their audience in real time; in association with Reading’s Economy and Destination Agency, Screen Berkshire, Resource Productions, and Holiday Inn Reading.
Come ready to think, question, and take a position.
Sign up now to secure your spot.
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Communications- Ankolika Kumar
Events and Culture- Sarah Ifidon
Chief Executive, REDA- Nigel Horton-Baker
Director, Resource Productions- Dominique Unsworth
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