Kazakhstan’s first international film festival dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI), the Astana AI Film Festival, will be held this October.
China has officially become a partner of the AI film festival, marking a new chapter in bilateral cooperation on AI filmmaking and the digital creative industry.
Looking to become a global leader in the AI filmmaking business, the Astana AI Film Festival is putting up a one-million-dollar prize pool.
Almas Zhali, co-founder and chairman of the Board of Astana AI Film Festival, said he aims to build a creative community bringing global filmmakers together to support the next generation of film production.
“The first is building the community, discovering all the authors and defining the form. I want to bring creatives from all over the world in one room here in Kazakhstan, give them the stage they deserve, and create a platform for the next generation of cinema makers. And I hope that our country can become such a stage. We wanted the prize to have a real creative consequence, to give an author the resource to make what comes next, maybe that will be production startups or some creative companies more people integrated with the AI industry,” he said.
This June, the Astana AI Film Festival held a promotion event in Beijing, with the goal of bringing Chinese and Kazakh creators closer together in AI filmmaking and the digital creative sectors.
“Cooperation in AI filmmaking is a great way to bridge the digital divide from an industry perspective. By leveraging our national technological re boost productivity and generate economic value,” said Chen Xiaohan, executive deputy general manager of Beijing Zhongguancun Tongli Technology Service Company
Moving forward, Beijing and Astana will use local digital hubs to keep driving innovation and high-quality growth in AI filmmaking.
