AI takes center stage at Beijing Film Fest
China DailyPoster of the AIGC Short Film Unit of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival. For the first time in history, the Beijing International Film Festival has introduced an AIGC Short Film Unit, showcasing the application and innovation of AI technology within the film industry while also exploring how AI challenges and reshapes traditional cinematic storytelling. In her first AIGC work, Love's Last Song, for example, she experimented with a full AI-driven production process, using various AI software for scripting, visuals, modeling, animation, music, and voice-over. "I believe the measure of excellence for judging an AIGC short film is whether you can appreciate and be moved by it, even without the elements of AI," Chen said. Sha Dan, the deputy director of the BJIFF Screening Department and a renowned film curator, summarized the relationship between AI and humans today as "a love-hate dynamic".