FERA’s advocacy efforts

Dear Members,

Here is this week’s collection of news clips about our sector, to keep you updated on developments that may be relevant for FERA’s advocacy efforts and for filmmakers in Europe and beyond.

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Industry Voices & Debates

• 26 Aug – I Am An AI Hater

• 28 Aug – Laszlo Nemes: “Losing cinema” linked to “conflict in civilisation”*

• 28 Aug – Yorgos Lanthimos: making independent films “more and more difficult”*

• 29 Aug – Cédric Jimenez on Dog 51: pitting real actors against AI

• 30 Aug – Guillermo del Toro on Frankenstein cinema release with Netflix*

• 31 Aug – Jim Jarmusch “disappointed” by Mubi funding from Israel-linked Sequoia Capital*

AI & Streaming Developments

• 28 Aug – What has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?

• 28 Aug – Netflix’s Italian takeover at Venice Film Festival

• 28 Aug – Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI

• 28 Aug – AI may bring cheap content flood, but “human content is still king”

• 29 Aug – Is Netflix eyeing a theatrical strategy shift?*

• 30 Aug – Will Smith video shows “just the beginning” of AI chaos

• 2 Sept – Generative AI “divisive” as animation embraces new tools (report)

• 3 Sept – EU Vice-President Virkkunen visits Italy to meet media industry & AI hubs