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At a conference on film and artificial intelligence over the weekend in South Korea’s Bucheon, it was difficult to know whether the new technology was being embraced, normalized or underestimated. Bucheon, a high-rise city on the outskirts of Seoul, has long harbored both high-tech and cultural industry aspirations. The city turned a WWII bunker into […]

Will Seefried’s romance drama “Lilies Not for Me,” led by Fionn O’Shea (“Normal People”) and Robert Aramayo (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), has been boarded by Memento International in the run up to its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The cast of rising actors also includes Erin Kellyman (“Willow”), […]

The Melbourne International Film Festival has set ten features to play in its Bright Horizons competition section. They include: India Donaldson’s “Good One”; Luna Carmoon’s “Hoard”; Annie Baker’s “Janet Planet”; Leonardo Van Dijl’s “Julie Keeps Quiet”; Ena Sendijarević’s “Sweet Dreams”; Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language”; Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise”; Gints Zabalodis’ animated “Flow”; […]

A documentary about U. K. rapper Skepta, directed by BAFTA nominee Hector Dockrill (“Post Malone: Runaway”), is in the works. The project is the first from a new creative alliance between Skepta’s production company, 1PLUS1 Production, and the L. A.-based hospitality and lifestyle marketing company the H. Wood group. The untitled film promises to be a “stirring documentary […]

France TV have inked a production deal with Fremantle to board BBC docuseries “Zelensky” (working title). The documentary series, from Fremantle’s 72 Films, is being made in collaboration with The Open University and includes interviews with both the Ukrainian leader and his wife as well as on-the-ground footage as Ukraine battles to maintain independence in […]

BUSAN DEAN APPOINTMENT Zhang Lu, the Chinese Korean director, has been appointed as dean of the Chanel x BIFF Asian Film Academy, part of the Busan International Film Festival. Zhang has been making feature films since 2004, when his “Tang Poetry” won acclaim at the Locarno and Vancouver festivals. He has since made titles including […]