Film Festival stories
Broadcasters and streamers will gain wider access to festival-acclaimed Global South titles as Alternativa widens its support for filmmakers.
More Irish and Australian productions are reaching screens as the treaty-backed partnership opens financing, talent and wider audiences.
Google DeepMind teams with Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup to produce three AI-driven short films, starting with ANCESTRA, On This Day...1776.
Utopai East takes full control of Seoul's Alquimista Media, securing a 15-title slate and launching its AI-driven push into Korea.
Adobe broadens Firefly Foundry with major Hollywood deals, pitching brand-safe generative AI tools for film, TV and immersive content.
Adobe unveils expanded AI video tools for Premiere and After Effects and pledges USD $10m in new Film & TV Fund grants for creators.
The AARON Awards have been launched globally to celebrate AI-led creativity in advertising, focusing on solo and small teams advancing commercial campaign innovation.
Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most popular film editing tools used by top movie studios, according to data recently released by Adobe.
The Drone Film Festival Australia and New Zealand is set to take flight, showcasing nearly 40 short films shot by drones.
Festival recognition is giving smartphone-made horror a bigger profile, after a Sydney filmmaker shot a feature entirely on an iPhone.
Festival awards for cinematography have spotlighted an intimate Australian short made with a five-person crew and lean digital workflow.
Proto Hologram has launched interactive hologram selfies with film stars in cinemas across 15 major US cities, coinciding with the new film's UK debut.
Taika Waititi teams up with Spark to launch the Tall Shorts Film Festival, a unique vertical-format event for mobile storytelling. Winner takes GBP £10,000.
The Future of Storytelling event in New York will put AR/VR retellings of James Hurman's The Boy and the Lemon in the spotlight.
Spectacular aerial cinema takes flight as the Drone Film Festival ANZ descends on 11 cities with prizes galore, launching in Darwin.
