Who Owns Your Film: AI vs Human Authorship
INT. HOLIDAY INN – READING – EVENING
Who owns your film?
Join us for a live, in-person event that puts cinema itself 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 shaping the future of filmmaking:
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:
Philip Partington, intellectual property partner, Knights PLC,
Dominic Lees, Associate Professor, filmmaker, and ethical AI advocate, and
Shona Charlton, award-winning writer and director.
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 goes beyond theory. It challenges assumptions, exposes contradictions, and forces 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 infrastructure for modern filmmakers to create, collaborate, and own their work; in association with REDA, Screen Berkshire, and Cinergy Studios.
Come ready to think, question, and take a position.
Sign up now to secure your seat.
Founder - Anush Venkataraman
Communications - Ankolika Kumar
Events and Culture - Sarah Ifidon
Chief Executive, REDA - Nigel Horton-Baker; Producer, Screen Berkshire - Dominique Unsworth; Sales and Marketing Manager, Holiday Inn - David Berry; Photography and Videography - Vania Flaccomio.
Ps. if you would like to speak in the panel, please reach out to ping@filmster.network. Thanks.